Title :
Gainswitched DFB laser diode pulse source using continuous wave light injection for jitter suppression and an electroabsorption modulator for pedestal suppression
Author :
Gunning, Paul ; Lucek, J.K. ; Moodie, Dave G. ; Smith, K. ; Davey, R.P. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Guy, M.J. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Siddiqui, Anwar S.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich
fDate :
5/23/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
4 ps pulses with low temporal jitter (0.6 ps) and reduced pedestal (>25 dB extinction) have been generated from a 1548 nm gainswitched distributed feedback laser diode (DFB) pulse source at 2.5 GHz using continuous wave (CW) light injection for jitter suppression and an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) for pedestal suppression
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; high-speed optical techniques; semiconductor lasers; 0.6 ps; 1548 nm; 2.5 GHz; CW light injection; continuous wave; continuous wave light injection; electroabsorption modulator; gain switched DFB laser diode pulse source; jitter suppression; low temporal jitter; nm gain switched DFB laser diode pulse source; pedestal suppression;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960649
