Phase and amplitude characterization of a 40-GHz self-pulsating DBR laser based on autocorrelation analysis

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 970-975

  Gosset, Christophe ^b   Renaudier, Jeremie ^c,d   Duan, Guang Hua ^a,c   Aubin, Guy ^b   Oudar, Jean Louis ^b  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ALCATEL THALES III V LAB   (France)

^d TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser; Modelocked laser; Optical pulse measurement; Self pulsating (SP) laser; Spectral phase characterization

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR (DBR) LASERS; OPTICAL PULSE MEASUREMENT; REPETITION RATE; SELF PULSATING (SP) LASER; SPECTRAL PHASE CHARACTERIZATION;

AUTOCORRELATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FILTERS;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS;

EID: 33745219509     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.861914     Document Type: Article

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