Five channel WDM soliton pulse generation using sinusoidally driven electroabsorption modulators in 16*1 laser/modulator array

摘要

Five wavelength multiplexed pulse streams are generated in an integrated 16*1 laser modulator array by sinusoidally driving five of the potential 16 electroabsorption modulators. At a repetition rate of 2.5 GHz, near transform-limited pulses spaced in wavelength over 7.6 nm are observed. Pseudorandom coding of one channel is achieved by applying an electrical RZ data signal to the modulator.