Title :
Picosecond optical fibre sampling oscilloscope
Author :
Noske, D.U. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll., London, UK
Abstract :
An optical sampling oscilloscope, based simply on a dual wavelength, stroboscopic switching operation, in a nonlinear loop mirror has been used to directly measure, with picosecond resolution, the pulses generated from a gain switched semiconductor laser. The detected pulses were directly compared to those obtained with an electronically driven, optical sampling oscilloscope.
Keywords :
fibre optics; high-speed optical techniques; laser variables measurement; light interferometers; optical fibres; oscilloscopes; Sagnac interferometry; dual wavelength; gain switched semiconductor laser; nonlinear loop mirror; optical fibre sampling oscilloscope; picosecond resolution; stroboscopic switching operation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19911082
