Title :
Mode-locked lasers for 43 Gb/s carrier-suppressed return-to-zero pulse generation
Author :
Sato, Kenji ; Kuwahara, Shoichiro ; Miyamoto, Yutaka ; Murata, Koichi ; Miyazawa, Hiroshi
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
Optical pulse sources based on mode-locked lasers are reported for 43 Gb/s carrier-suppressed return-to-zero pulse generation. A 150 km dispersion-shifted-fiber L-band transmission is demonstrated using the pulse source.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; wavelength division multiplexing; 150 km; 43 Gbit/s; DBR laser; WDM; carrier-suppressed RZ pulse generation; carrier-suppressed return-to-zero pulse generation; chirped grating; distributed Bragg reflector laser; mode-locked lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Frequency measurement; Laboratories; Laser mode locking; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989656
