Title :
40 GHz sub-picosecond pulse generation from a Mach-Zehnder modulator and its application to 320 Gb/s OTDM
Author :
Iredale, Timothy B. ; Pelusi, Mark D. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
We demonstrate 40 GHz repetition sub-picosecond optical pulse generation from a LiNbO3 Mach-Zehnder modulator by inserting it in a fiber-loop then using nonlinear pulse compression by dual-stage self-phase modulation. Application to 320 Gb/s signal generation is shown.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; self-phase modulation; LiNbO3; Mach-Zehnder modulator; OTDM; bit rate 320 Gbit/s; dual-stage self-phase modulation; fiber loop; frequency 40 GHz; nonlinear pulse compression; signal generation; sub-picosecond optical pulse generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Space vector pulse width modulation; (060.4230) Multiplexing; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (320.5520) Pulse compression;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
