Title

Multiwavelength modelocked semiconductor lasers for photonic access network applications

Authors

Authors

M. M. Mielke; G. A. Alphonse;P. J. Delfyett

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun.

Keywords

modelocked lasers; semiconductor lasers; optical pulse generation; wavelength division multiplexing; MODE PARTITION NOISE; DIODE-LASERS; LOOP MIRROR; LOCKING; SYSTEMS; SUPPRESSION; JITTER; FIBER; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Telecommunications

Abstract

High performance, inexpensive light sources are needed for the advancement of wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) photonic access networks. In this paper, the unique features of multiwavelength modelocked semiconductor lasers are demonstrated with an emphasis on possible integration into access networks. An evaluation of multiwavelength passive, active, and hybrid modelocking reveals that hybrid modelocking is optimum for the suppression of mode partition noise as well as coherence tailoring in multiwavelength lasers. Low-distortion propagation of 10 channel x 5 GHz multiwavelength pulses through multimode fiber is achieved. Intracavity gain flattening enables the simultaneous generation of 6 GHz pulse trains into 168 parallel wavelength channels for a 1 THz aggregate pulse rate from a single laser source. This work conveys the potential for semiconductor laser modelocking to produce multiple telecommunications wavelengths for data transmission and auxiliary functions in photonic networking.

Journal Title

Ieee Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volume

25

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

120

Last Page

128

WOS Identifier

WOS:000245286300012

ISSN

0733-8716

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