40-GHz optical pulse generation using strong external light injection of a gain-switched high-speed DBR laser diode

Author

Hu, Zhaoyang ; Chou, Hsu-Feng ; Bowers, John E. ; Blumenthal, Daniel J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

15

Issue

12

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1767

Lastpage

1769

Abstract

We demonstrate a compact 40-GHz repetition rate optical pulse source using a gain-switched distributed Bragg reflector laser diode with strong external light injection. The 8-ps output pulses are nearly transform-limited and the timing jitter is dominated, by the radio-frequency driving source. We experimentally demonstrate the dependence of the modulation efficiency and the chirp characteristic on the external injection power level.

Keywords

distributed Bragg reflector lasers; optical pulse generation; timing jitter; 40 GHz; 40-GHz optical pulse generation; 8 ps; chirp characteristic; compact 40-GHz repetition rate optical pulse source; external injection power level; gain-switched distributed Bragg reflector laser diode; gain-switched high-speed DBR laser diode; modulation efficiency; radio-frequency driving source; strong external light injection; transform-limited; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser mode locking; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.819738

Filename

1253529