Extinction ratio improvement by strong external light injection and SPM in an SOA for OTDM pulse source using a DBR laser diode

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1419-1421

  Hu, Zhaoyang ^a   Davanco, Marcelo ^a   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction ratio; Gain switched lasers; Optical pulse generation; Optical sampling; Optical time division multiplexing (OTDM)

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SELF PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EXTINCTION RATIO; HIGH SPEED DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASER DIODE; OPTICAL BANDPASS FILTER; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; OPTICAL SAMPLING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0141918520     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818258     Document Type: Article

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