Five channel WDM soliton pulse generation using sinusoidally driven electroabsorption modulators in 16×1 laser/modulator array

Author

Raybon, G. ; Young, Matthew G. ; Koren, U. ; Miller, B.I. ; Chien, M. ; Zirngibl, M. ; Dragone, C. ; Froberg, N.M. ; Burrus, C.A.

Author_Institution

Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ

Volume

31

Issue

14

fYear

1995

fDate

7/6/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1147

Lastpage

1149

Abstract

Five wavelength multiplexed pulse streams are generated in an integrated 16×1 laser modulator array by sinusoidally driving five of the potential 16 electroabsorption modulators. At a repetition rate of 2.5 GHz, near transform-limited pulses spaced in wavelength over 7.6 nm are observed. Pseudorandom coding of one channel is achieved by applying an electrical RZ data signal to the modulator

Keywords

electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical solitons; semiconductor laser arrays; semiconductor lasers; wavelength division multiplexing; 16×1 laser/modulator array; electrical RZ data signal; electroabsorption modulators; five channel WDM soliton pulse generation; five wavelength multiplexed pulse streams; integrated 16×1 laser modulator array; pseudorandom coding; repetition rate; sinusoidally driven electroabsorption modulators; transform-limited pulses;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:19950819

Filename

398586