4 x 2.5 Gb/s WDM-TDM laser source based on mode-locked semiconductor lasers

Hong Shi; Peter J. Delfyett Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.277642

1 July 1997 4 x 2.5 Gb/s WDM-TDM laser source based on mode-locked semiconductor lasers

Hong Shi, Peter J. Delfyett Jr.

Proceedings Volume 3075, Photonic Processing Technology and Applications; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277642
Event: AeroSense '97, 1997, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Multiwavelength high speed optical signal sources will play an important role in novel wavelength-division-multiplexed and time-division-multiplexed (WDM-TDM) optical networks. These lasers will serve as sources of ultrashort optical pulses, with low absolute timing jitter and high correlated jitter between each wavelength channel. In this paper, a single- stripe GaAs/AlGaAs semiconductor traveling wave amplifier has been used to generate four modelocked WDM channels simultaneously, each transmitting 18 ps pulses at 2.5 GHz for an aggregate data transmission rate of 10 Gbit/s. The spectral separation of four wavelengths can be continuously tuned from 0.8 nm to 2.1 nm. Also, the four wavelengths can be varied over 18 nm while keeping the wavelength separation constant. We observed that by actively modelocking the laser diode, we can take advantage of the transient unsaturated gain to achieve stable multiwavelength lasing, in contrast to gain competition in cw lasers, which tends to prevent simultaneous laser operation at multiple wavelengths. In addition, enhanced phase correlation between pulse trains at each wavelength is observed owing to the use of single-stripe devices. This technology is critical in novel photonic networks utilizing combined WDM-TDM data formats.

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Hong Shi and Peter J. Delfyett Jr. "4 x 2.5 Gb/s WDM-TDM laser source based on mode-locked semiconductor lasers", Proc. SPIE 3075, Photonic Processing Technology and Applications, (1 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.277642

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Semiconductor lasers

Mode locking

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Continuous wave operation

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