Title :
Efficient gain switching of laser diodes with quarter-wave impedance transformer
Author :
Ho, K.W. ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
fDate :
6/24/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A quarter-wave transformer is used in the electronic gain switching of laser diodes. As compared to the conventional matching technique, an improvement of 3 dB in the peak optical power is obtained, agreeing well with the authors´ theoretical predictions.
Keywords :
impedance convertors; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; QWT; gain switching; laser diodes; peak optical power; picosecond optical pulses; quarter-wave impedance transformer;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19930798
