• DocumentCode
    912242
  • 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
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    13
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    6/24/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1194
  • Lastpage
    1195
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930798
  • Filename
    219264
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=912242