10 GHZ PULSE-TRAIN DERIVED FROM A CW DFB LASER USING CROSSPHASE MODULATION IN AN OPTICAL-FIBER

被引:6
作者
PATRICK, DM
ELLIS, AD
机构
[1] Core & Global Networks Division, BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk
关键词
DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL TECHNIQUES;
D O I
10.1049/el:19930932
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
The Letter demonstrates that light from a CW DFB laser can be converted into a 10 GHz pulse train in an optical fibre using crossphase modulation from copropagating mode-locked semiconductor laser pulses and a polarisation-nulling technique. The 7.4 ps pulses generated by this technique have a time-bandwidth product of 0.4. This technique also performs a wavelength conversion function.
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页码:1391 / 1392
页数:2
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