Self-seeding of Fabry-Perot laser diode for generating wavelength-tunable chirp-compensated single-mode pulses with high-sidemode suppression ratio

Authors
Li, SP Chiang, KS Gambling, WA Liu, Y Zhang, L Bennion, I
Citation
Sp. Li et al., Self-seeding of Fabry-Perot laser diode for generating wavelength-tunable chirp-compensated single-mode pulses with high-sidemode suppression ratio, IEEE PHOTON, 12(11), 2000, pp. 1441-1443
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1441 - 1443
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(200011)12:11<1441:SOFLDF>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We report an effective technique for generating wavelength-tunable chirp-co mpensated single-mode pulses with a high sidemode suppression ratio (SMSR) based on self-seeding a Fabry-Perot laser diode. This technique relies on t he use of a tunable linearly-chirped fiber Bragg grating to provide wavelen gth-selective feedback, output filtering, and chirp compensation. With this technique, we have generated chirp-compensated picosecond pulses with a SM SR higher than 40 dB over a tuning range of 11.5 nm.