Generating 4 × 20 GHz and 4 × 40 GHz pulse trains from a single 10-GHz mode-locked laser using a tunable planar lightwave circuit

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 281-283

  Samadi, Payman ^a,b   Chen, Lawrence R ^a,b   Kostko, Irina A ^a,c   Dumais, Patrick ^d   Callender, Claire L ^d   Jacob, Sarkis ^d   Shia, Brian ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D OPTIQUE   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Industry Canada   (Canada)

^e INFINERA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical pulse generation; Planar lightwave circuits (plcs); Pulse repetition rate multiplication; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

MODE-LOCKED LASER; MULTIPLE PULSE; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION; OUTPUT PULSE; PLANAR LIGHT-WAVE CIRCUITS; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT; PULSE PHASE; PULSE REPETITION RATE MULTIPLICATION; PULSE TRAIN; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; WAVELENGTH CONVERTER; WAVELENGTH MULTICASTING;

LASERS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; LOCOMOTIVES; MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; MULTICASTING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RAILROAD CARS; SILICA;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 77955187836     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2038719     Document Type: Article

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