DocumentCode
978820
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
Volume
32
Issue
11
fYear
1996
fDate
5/23/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1010
Lastpage
1011
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19960649
Filename
503086
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