Hybrid wavelength-division and optical time-division multiplexed multiwavelength mode-locked semiconductor laser

    Authors

    I. Nitta; J. Abeles;P. J. Delfyett

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Optics

    Keywords

    DIGITAL CONVERTER; FIBER; DESIGN; ANALOG; Optics

    Abstract

    A multiwavelength laser source composed of a single semiconductor optical amplifier and a commercially available off-the-shelf wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) filter is constructed and tested under actively mode-locking operation. Five independent mode-locked wavelength channels are generated simultaneously, with a wavelength spacing of 1.6 nm established by the WDM filter. In addition, to demonstrate the potential of this mixed time-frequency, or hybrid WDM-optical time-division multiplexed, signal, we demonstrate a simple parallel-to-serial wavelength conversion to increase the pulse repetition rate of the mode-locked laser by a number of output wavelengths for applications in highperformance optical sampling applications. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 140.5960, 140.4050, 060.4510.

    Journal Title

    Applied Optics

    Volume

    39

    Issue/Number

    36

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    6799

    Last Page

    6805

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000165874300010

    ISSN

    1559-128X

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