Title :
High extinction ratio picosecond pulses at 40 GHz rate over 40 nm with an AlGaInAs EAM characterised by a spectrogram acquisition method
Author :
Provost, Jean-Guy ; Kazmierski, Christophe ; Blache, Fabrice ; Decobert, Jean
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab., Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
New AlGaInAs EAM provides optical picosecond pulses with a high extinction ratio over a 40 nm large spectral range at 40 GHz rate suitable for WDM NRZ-RZ conversion. Pulses are characterised by a high sensitivity spectrogram method.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 GHz; AlGaInAs; AlGaInAs EAM; High extinction ratio; WDM NRZ-RZ conversion; extinction ratio; picosecond pulses; spectrogram acquisition;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
