In this paper, the application in return-zero (RZ) light source based on regeneratively mode-locked fiber laser (RMLFL) is demonstrated. By using Mach-Zehnder modulator and pseudo-random code modulation, the back-to-back eye-diagrams with good performances are obtained and RZ format light source with pulse duration of 5ps based on RMLFL is achieved, which quite meets the requirements of 10 Gbit/s long haul transmission. Furthermore, such a 10 GHz RZ source could be multiplexed into 40 GHz RZ light source simply by 4 fold optical time division multiplexing (OTDM).

Date Published: 10 June 2006
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 6344, Advanced Laser Technologies 2005, 63440R (10 June 2006); doi: 10.1117/12.693433

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6344:
Advanced Laser Technologies 2005
Ivan A. Shcherbakov; Kexin Xu; Qingyue Wang; Alexander V. Priezzhev; Vladimir I. Pustovoy, Editor(s)