Title :
Complete characterization of the generation of a 2.8 ps pedestal-free optical pulse using a gain-switched laser and a compressing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror
Author :
Chang, W. ; Mechin, D. ; Le Cren, E. ; Reid, D.A. ; Thomsen, B.C. ; Harvey, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Auckland Univ., New Zealand
Abstract :
We report the generation of a 1 GHz 2.8 ps pedestal-free (suppression 30 dB) optical pulse from a seeded gain-switched semiconductor laser diode (GSL) using a compressing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror (CALM). Preliminary results with a 10 GHz repetition rate source will be also briefly discussed. This source is suitable for multiplexing into 40 Gb/s transmission.
Keywords :
mirrors; multiplexing; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; compressing nonlinear amplifying loop mirror; multiplexing; optical pulse generation; seeded gain-switched semiconductor laser diode;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
