Ultra-low-jitter multiwavelength synchronized optical pulse source for C, L, and U bands

Author

Devgan, Preetpaul ; Lasri, Jacob ; Tang, Renyong ; Kumar, Prem

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northwestern Univ., USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

473

Abstract

Here, we report on the use of an advanced version of the electroabsorption modulator - optoelectronic oscillator (EAM-OEO) to convert multiple independent CW distributed feedback (DFB) lasers into synchronized 10 GHz-rate optical pulse streams for use in the C, L, and U-bands of the fiber-optic communication spectrum. The generated optical pulse streams have ultra-low jitter.

Keywords

distributed feedback lasers; electroabsorption; infrared spectra; laser noise; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; optoelectronic devices; phase noise; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 to 2 Hz; 4 to 8 Hz; C band; CW input lasers; L band; U band; electroabsorption modulator; fiber-optic communication spectrum; optical pulse source; optical pulse stream generation; optoelectronic oscillator; ultra-low-jitter multiwavelength synchronization; Delay; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Masers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Timing jitter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252879

Filename

1252879