Title :
Subpicosecond pulse generation using an electroabsorption modulator and a double-stage pulse compressor
Author :
Taira, Kenji ; Kikuchi, Kazuro
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We develop a practical subpicosecond pulse generator consisting of an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) and a double-stage pulse compressor. The pulse compressor is carefully designed so that the timing jitter and the pedestal level of compressed pulses are not increased during the pulse compression process. A 10-GHz 20-ps pulse from an EAM is compressed to a 400-fs pulse.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; integrated optics; optical pulse compression; time division multiplexing; timing jitter; 20 ps; 400 fs; OTDM; compressed pulses; double-stage pulse compressor; electroabsorption modulator; optical pulse compression; pedestal level; subpicosecond pulse generation; timing jitter; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation; Timing jitter;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.816127
