Optimized pulse source employing an externally injected gain-switched laser diode in conjunction with a nonlinearly chirped grating

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-264

  Anandarajah, P M ^a,b   Guignard, C ^a,b   Clarke, A ^a,b   Reid, D ^a,c   Rensing, M ^a,b   Barry, L P ^a,b   Edvell, G ^a,d   Harvey, J D ^a,c,d,e,f,g  

^a IEEE   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d Redfern Optical Components   (Australia)

^e Physics Department   (New Zealand)

^f New Zealand Institute of Physics   (New Zealand)

^g OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Optical fiber com munication; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS (FBGS); OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; TIME BANDWIDTH PRODUCT (TBP);

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GAIN CONTROL; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33646710974     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.872057     Document Type: Article

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