Generation of coherent multicarrier signals by gain switching of discrete mode lasers

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 112-122

  Anandarajah, P M ^a   Maher, R ^a   Xu, Y Q ^c   Latkowski, S ^a   O'Carroll, J ^b   Murdoch, S G ^c   Phelan, R ^b   O'Gorman, J ^b   Barry, L P ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b Unit 32 Trinity Technology and Enterprise Campus   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Frequency combs; injection locked lasers; optical communications; pulse compression

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE MODE; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FREQUENCY COMBS; GAIN SWITCHING; GAIN-SWITCHED; GAIN-SWITCHED DFB LASER; INJECTION LOCKED LASERS; MULTICARRIER SIGNAL; OPTICAL PULSE; OPTICAL SPECTRA; OUTPUT SPECTRUM; PICO-SECOND PULSE; PULSE DURATIONS; REPETITION RATE; SPECTRAL COMBS; SPECTRAL ENVELOPES; TEMPORAL JITTER;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FEEDBACK; JITTER; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PULSE COMPRESSION; Q SWITCHED LASERS;

PULSE REPETITION RATE;

EID: 79551637998     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2105861     Document Type: Article

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