Optimized pulse source for 40-Gb/s systems based on a gain-switched laser diode in conjunction with a nonlinearly chirped grating

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 196-198

  Clarke, A ^a   Anandarajah, P M ^a   Reid, D ^b   Edvell, G ^c   Barry, L P ^a   Harvey, J D ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Redfern Optical Components Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gratings; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

NONLINEARLY CHIRPED GRATING; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 12344293666     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.838624     Document Type: Article

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