Title :
Highly coherent picosecond pulse generation with sub-ps jitter and high SMSR by gain switching Discrete Mode laser diodes at 10 GHz line rate
Author :
Anandarajah, P.M. ; Barry, L.P. ; Kaszubowska, A. ; O´Gorman, J. ; O´Carroll, J. ; Herbert, C. ; Phelan, R. ; Duke, A.S.
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. for Networks & Commun. Eng., Dublin City Univ., Dublin
Abstract :
We demonstrate the generation of picosecond pulses with ~800 fs jitter and SMSR in excess of 60 dB by gain switching a discrete mode laser and compare the results with a commercial DFB laser.
Keywords :
jitter; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; coherent picosecond pulse generation; discrete mode laser diodes; gain switching; sub-ps jitter; Delta modulation; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Jitter; Laser modes; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (230.6080) Sources;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
