Generation of low timing jitter, sub-picosecond optical pulses using a gain-switched DFB-LD with CW light injection and a nonlinear optical loop mirror

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 166-168

  Ohta, Hiroshi ^a   Nogiwa, Seiji ^a   Chiba, Haruo ^a  

^a Teratec Corp   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fiber; Gain switching; Jitter; Laser; Pulse compression

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; MIRRORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

PULSE COMPRESSION; TIMING JITTER;

LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 0032002357     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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