VERY HIGH AMPLITUDE, MINIMAL CHIRP OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION AT 1.55 MU-M USING MULTICONTACT DFBS AND AN ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER

被引:5
作者
SUNDARESAN, H
WICKENS, GE
机构
[1] British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath
关键词
Optical communications; Optical fibres; Pulse generation; Semiconductor lasers;
D O I
10.1049/el:19900473
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel method of obtaining chirp minimised gain switched pulses of very high amplitude and contrast ratio is presented. 75 ps wide pulses at a 15 GHz repetition rate, with a —20 dB bandwidth of 4-7 A are demonstrated. This is the first time that chirp has been minimised for DFBs without the compromise of the pulse definition. © 1990, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.
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页码:725 / 727
页数:3
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