Complete performance analysis of a 3.5 ps pulse source consisting of a gain-switched laser diode followed by a non-linearly chirped grating

摘要

The authors demonstrate the performance of an optimized gain-switched pulse source that generates 3.5ps pulses. The transform limited pulses perform excellently when employed in an 80Gb/s OTDM set-up and a 10Gb/s 40km transmission experiment.