Novel ultrashort pulse source for measuring the transmission window in an electroabsorption modulator

Yanfu Yang; Caiyun Lou; Yizhi Gao

doi:10.1117/1.2740767

1 May 2007 Novel ultrashort pulse source for measuring the transmission window in an electroabsorption modulator

Yanfu Yang, Caiyun Lou, Yizhi Gao

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 46, Issue 5, 055004 (May 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2740767

Abstract

A novel 10-GHz picosecond pulse source consisting of an electroabsorption modulator (EAM) and a subsequent well-designed pulse compressor is demonstrated experimentally. Among its advantages are stable operation and a tunable repetition rate. A 1.1-ps transform-limited ultrashort pulse with no pedestal is obtained. As an illustration of its use, the obtained high-quality pulse is applied to measure other EAMs' optically or electrically induced temporal transmission windows.

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Yanfu Yang, Caiyun Lou, and Yizhi Gao "Novel ultrashort pulse source for measuring the transmission window in an electroabsorption modulator," Optical Engineering 46(5), 055004 (1 May 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2740767

Published: 1 May 2007

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