Title

Novel optical WDM transmitter using a single-stripe multiwavelength mode-locked semiconductor laser

Keywords

Modelocked semiconductor lasers; Multiwavelength lasers; Picosecond optical pulses; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; TDM; WDM

Abstract

In this letter, we report a novel multiwavelength picosecond pulse transmitter based on a modelocked semiconductor laser. By actively modelocking a single-grating-loaded external cavity semiconductor laser system, 20 wavelength channels are simultaneously generated with each wavelength transmitting 12 ps pulses at a 600 MHz rate. A conventional pulse interleaving configuration multiplexes the output optical pulse train by eight fold to give a final 5Gbit/sec pulse rate. The resulting geometry provides a very compact configuration to reach an aggregate data throughput of 100Gbit/sec. ©2003 Copyright SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering.

Publication Date

12-1-1998

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

3384

Number of Pages

29-33

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.317664

Socpus ID

58649087391 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/58649087391

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