80 Gb/s optimised pulse source using a gain-switched laser diode in conjunction with a nonlinearly chirped grating

  • Aisling Clarke
  • , Marc Rensing
  • , Prince Anandarajah
  • , Liam Barry
  • , John Harvey
  • , Goran Edvell

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Abstract

The authors demonstrate the generation of transform limited short optical pulses, which display excellent spectral and temporal qualities by employing a novel technology, based on an externally injected gain-switched laser in conjunction with a non-linearly chirped grating. Using this technique, 3.5 ps optical pulses, exhibiting a time bandwidth product of 0.45, are generated, which are suitable for use in high-speed 80 Gb/s OTDM communications systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2005 7th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2005
Pages337-340
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event2005 7th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2005 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Duration: 3 Jul 20057 Jul 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2005 7th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2005
Volume2

Conference

Conference2005 7th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2005
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona, Catalonia
Period3/07/057/07/05

Keywords

  • Gratings
  • Optical fibre communications
  • Optical pulse compression
  • Optical pulse generation
  • Semiconductor lasers

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