Title :
Picosecond Pulse Generation with a Single-Stage Standard Mach-Zehnder Modulator Employed
Author :
Sakamoto, Takahide ; Kawanishi, Tetsuya ; Tsuchiya, Masahiro ; Izutsu, Masayuki
Author_Institution :
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 4-2-1 Nukui-kitamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8795, Japan, Phone: +81-42-327-6944, Fax: +81-42-327-5328, E-mail: tsaka@nict.go.jp
Abstract :
We proposed a stable and agile picosecond pulse generator using a single-stage conventional Mach-Zehnder modulator that generates ultra-flat frequency comb. 10-GHz 2.9-ps pulse trains were generated with a timing jitter of less than 130 fs.
Keywords :
Band pass filters; Chirp; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency; Signal generators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801430
