Generation of 6.3PS optical pulses at a 10GHZ repetition rate using a packaged electroabsorption modulator and dispersion compensating fiber

D.G. Moodie, A.D. Ellis, C.W. Ford

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Abstract

Sinusoidal modulation of an MQW InGaAsP/InGaAsP EA modulator at a 10GHz repetition rate was used to generate optical pulses of width as low as 7ps. Pulses were linearly compressed using 400m of dispersion compensating fibre and approximately transform limited pulses of 6.3ps width were measured.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1700-1701
Number of pages2
JournalElectronics letters
Volume30
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Sept 1994

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Times Cited: 29

Keywords

  • pulse generators
  • Optical modulation
  • elecfroabsurption modulators
  • high-speed optical techniques
  • optical dispersion

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