Generator of Ultrashort Optical Pulses for Time Division Multiplexing

The performance of a device based on modified injection-locking techniques is studied by means of numerical simulations. The device incorporates master and slave configurations, each one with a DFB laser and an electroabsortion modulator (EAM). This arrangement allows the generation of high peak power...

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Autores: Dellunde, Jaume, Mirasso, Claudio R., Torrent, M. C., Sancho, J. M.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1998
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/56232
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/56232
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Distributed feedback lasers
Electrooptic materials/devices
Descrição
Resumo:The performance of a device based on modified injection-locking techniques is studied by means of numerical simulations. The device incorporates master and slave configurations, each one with a DFB laser and an electroabsortion modulator (EAM). This arrangement allows the generation of high peak power, narrow optical pulses according to a periodic or pseudorandom bit stream provided by a current signal generator. The device is able to considerably increase the modulation bandwidth of free-running gain-switched semiconductor lasers using multiplexing in the time domain. Opportunities for integration in small packages or single chips are discussed.