40-GHZ PULSE-TRAIN GENERATION USING SOLITON COMPRESSION OF A MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR OUTPUT

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作者
SWANSON, EA
CHINN, SR
机构
[1] Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington
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10.1109/68.363358
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We demonstrate 40-GHz soliton pulse train generation using nonlinear compression of the output of a Mach-Zehnder modulator. This source generates transform-limited pulses at twice the RF drive frequency, requires less than V-pi drive level, is tunable in wavelength (over the entire EDFA bandwidth), and is tunable in repetition rate.
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页码:114 / 116
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