• DocumentCode
    940191
  • Title

    Inexpensive equipment for driving GaAs lasers with 100 ps risetime pulses

  • Author

    Freude, W. ; Buchholz, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Universitÿt Karlsrÿhe, Institut fÿr Hochfrequenztechnik und Quantenelektronik, Karlsrÿhe, West Germany
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1976
  • Firstpage
    598
  • Lastpage
    598
  • Abstract
    A single-stage current amplifier permits 250 Mb/s modulation of a GaAs laser. The compensated 50 ¿ bias input can be used to inject a 100 ps-risetime pulse, produced by a charged line generator with mercury-wetted reed relays and skin-effect compensated signal delay line.
  • Keywords
    amplifiers; laser accessories; optical modulation; pulse generators; semiconductor junction lasers; 100 ps risetime pulses; 250 Mb/s modulation; GaAs lasers; charged line generator; current amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19760455
  • Filename
    4240190