简介:Photoconductivesemiconductorswitches(PCSSs)arewidelyusedinhighpowerultra-widebandsourceapplicationsandprecisesynchronizationcontrolduetotheirhighpowerlow-jitterhigh-repetition-frequency.Inthisletter,a14-mmgapsemi-insulatingGaAsPCSSbiasedunder20kVistriggeredbya1064-nmlaserwitharepetitionfrequencyof30Hz.Althoughthetriggerconditionisgreaterthanthethresholdofthelock-oneffect,thehighgainmodeisnotobserved.TheresultsindicatethatthehighgainmodeofthePCSSisquenchedbydecreasingtheremnantvoltageofpulsedenergystoragecapacitor.
简介:Acoupleofsimple-structurephasemodulatorswereusedinactivemode-lockedfiberlasertoimplementrepetitionratecontinuoustuning.Thelaserproducespulseasshortas5.7pswhoserepetitionratetuningcancoverthespacingoftheadjoiningordermode-lockingfrequencies.
简介:Alowcost8×10-Gb/stransmissionsystemover1500kmonconventionalfiberusingchirpedfiberBragggrating(CFBG)asdispersioncompensatorisdemonstrated.Thebiterrorrate(BER)below10-10at1500kmisobtained.Thechannelspacingis0.8nmandtheopticalamplifierspacingis100km.Only16erbium-dopedfiberamplifiers(EDFAs)areused.
简介:Real-timevideostreamingusingultra-wideband(UWB)technologyisexperimentallydemonstratedalonglong-reachpassiveopticalnetworks(LR-PONs)withdifferentwiredandwirelessreaches.ExperimentaltestsusingexternalanddirectmodulationwithUWBwirelessradiationinthe10-and60-GHzbandsareperformed.Anultra-bendablefiberisalsoconsideredforalast-miledistribution.ThevideoqualityattheoutputoftheopticalfiberinfrastructureoftheLR-PONisassessedusingtheerrorvectormagnitude(EVM),andthelinkqualityindicator(LQI)isusedasafigureofmeritafterwirelessradiation.AnEVMbelow–17dBisachievedforbothexternallyanddirectlymodulatedLR-PONscomprisingupto125kmofopticalfiber.EVMimprovementisobservedforlongerLR-PONswhendirectlymodulatedlasers(DMLs)areusedbecauseoftheamplitudegainprovidedbythecombinedeffectofdispersionandDML’schirp.Comparedwithopticalback-to-backoperation,theLQIleveldegradestothemaximumaround20%forLR-PONsrangingbetween75and125kmoffiberreachandwithawirelesscoverageof2minthe10-GHzUWBband.ThesamelevelofLQIdegradationisobservedusingthe60-GHzUWBbandwithaLR-PONintegrating101kmofaccessnetwork,alast-miledistributionusingultra-bendablefiber,anda5.2-mwirelesslink.