Pulse source based on directly modulated laser and phase modulator

doi:10.1364/OE.15.008931

Pulse source based on directly modulated laser and phase modulator

Hao Hu, Jinlong Yu, Litai Zhang, Aixu Zhang, Yan Li, Yang Jiang, and Enze Yang »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 14, pp. 8931-8937 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.008931

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We propose the simple pulse source, in which the pulses generated by large-signal directly modulated laser diode are phase-modulated, and then compressed into short pulses by an optimized length of DCF. On the one hand, phase modulator is used to enhance the negative chirp of large-signal directly modulated pulses. On the other hand, the large-signal directly modulated pulses are used to suppress the pedestal produced by the phase modulator. Using this technique, highly stable 10-GHz 5.5-ps optical pulses are obtained, which suppress pedestal up to 20dB and have a low timing jitter of 184fs.

OCIS Codes
(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(060.5060) Fiber optics and optical communications : Phase modulation
(320.1590) Ultrafast optics : Chirping
(320.5550) Ultrafast optics : Pulses

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Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: April 2, 2007
Revised Manuscript: April 30, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: May 3, 2007
Published: July 3, 2007

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Hao Hu, Jinlong Yu, Litai Zhang, Aixu Zhang, Yan Li, Yang Jiang, and Enze Yang, "Pulse source based on directly modulated laser and phase modulator," Opt. Express 15, 8931-8937 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-14-8931

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Andrekson, P. A.
Andrés, P.
Bakhshi, B.
Baraldi, L.
Buus, J.
Chernikov, S. V.
Crosby, P.
Davey, R. P.
Dymott, M.
Gunning, P.
Guy, M. J.
Harder, C.
Kawanishi, S.
Kikuchi, K.
Kilburn, I.
Klimov, I.
Komukai, T.
Lancis, J.
Lucek, J. K.
Luntz, G.
Luo, T.
Moodie, D. G.
Murphy, T. E.
Nagatsuma, T.
Osinski, M.
Otsuji, T.
Pan, Z.
Sano, E.
Siddiqui, A. S.
Smith, K.
Spiihler, G. J.
Taira, K.
Taylor, J. R.
Thomas, S.
Torres-Company, V.
Vahala, K.
Wang, Y.
Willner, A. E.
Yaita, M.
Yamamoto, T.
Yan, L.-S.
Yariv, A.
Yu, C.

Appl. Phys. Lett.

C. Harder, K. Vahala, and A. Yariv, "Measurement of the linewidth enhancement factor of semiconductor lasers," Appl. Phys. Lett. 42, 328-330 (1983). [CrossRef]

Electron. Lett.

B. Bakhshi and P. A. Andrekson, "40 GHz actively modelocked, polarization maintaining erbium fiber ring laser," Electron. Lett. 36, 411-413 (2000). [CrossRef]
P. Gunning, J. K. Lucek, D. G. Moodie, K. Smith, R. P. Davey, S. V. Chernikov, M. J. Guy, J. R. Taylor and A. S. Siddiqui, "Gainswitched DFB laser diode pulse source using continuous wave light injection for jitter suppression and an electroabsorption modulator for pedestal suppression," Electron. Lett. 32, 1010-1011 (1996). [CrossRef]
G. J. Spiihler, M. Dymott, I. Klimov, G. Luntz, L. Baraldi, I. Kilburn, P. Crosby, S. Thomas, 0. Zehnder, C. Y. Teisset, M. Brownell, K. J. Weingarten, R. Dangel, B. J. Ofiein, G. L. Bona, 0. Buccafusca, Y. Kaneko, L. Krainer, R. Paschotta, and U. Keller, "40 GHz pulse generating source with less than 350 fs timing jitter," Electron. Lett. 38, 1031-1033 (2002). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

M. Osinski and J. Buus, "Linewidth broadening factor in semiconductor," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 23, 9-29 (1987) [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Sel. Tops. Quantum Electron.

T. Otsuji, M. Yaita, T. Nagatsuma, and E. Sano, "10-80-Gb/s highly extinctive electrooptic pulse pattern generation," IEEE J. Sel. Tops. Quantum Electron. 2, 643-649 (1996). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

T. E. Murphy, "10-GHz 1.3-ps pulse generation using chirped soliton compression in a Raman gain medium," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 14, 1424-1426 (2002). [CrossRef]
T. Komukai, T. Yamamoto, and S. Kawanishi, "Optical pulse generator using phase modulator and linearly chirped Fiber Bragg Gratings," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17, 1746-1748 (2005). [CrossRef]
C. Yu, L.-S. Yan, T. Luo, Y. Wang, Z. Pan, and A. E. Willner, "Width-tunable optical RZ pulse train generation based on four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear fiber," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17, 636-638 (2005). [CrossRef]
K. Taira and K. Kikuchi, "Subpicosecond pulse generation using an electroabsorption modulator and a double-stage pulse compressor," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 15, 1288-1290 (2003). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

V. Torres-Company, J. Lancis, and P. Andrés, "Unified approach to describe optical pulse generation by propagation of periodically phase-modulated CW laser light," Opt. Express 14, 3171 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

S. Iezekiel, C. M. Snowden, and M. J. Howes, "Generation of ultrashort optical pulses by microwave modulation of laser diodes," IEE Colloquium on Applications of Ultrashort Pulses for Optoelectronics, 9/1 - 9/7 (1989).

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