10-GHz 11.5-ps Pulse Generation From a Single-Mode Gain-Switched InGaAs VCSEL at 1.1 μm

被引:5
作者
Koizumi, Kengo [1 ]
Yoshida, Masato [1 ]
Nakazawa, Masataka [1 ]
机构
[1] Tohoku Univ, Elect Commun Res Inst, Aoba Ku, Sendai, Miyagi 9808577, Japan
关键词
Gain switching; InGaAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL); return-to-zero (RZ) data transmission; SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS; 850; NM; JITTER;
D O I
10.1109/LPT.2009.2031920
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We have successfully generated a 10-GHz 11.5-ps pulse train at 1.1 mu m by using a gain switching technique with a high-speed and single-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). The InGaAs-based VCSEL we used had a sidemode suppression ratio of more than 50 dB and a modulation bandwidth of 7.2 GHz. A nearly transform-limited Gaussian pulse was obtained after chirp compensation, and the repetition rate can be increased up to 16 GHz. We also demonstrated a 10-Gb/s return-to-zero data modulation for the generated 10-GHz pulse train.
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页码:1704 / 1706
页数:3
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