Multiwavelength picosecond pulse sourcewith low jitter and high optical frequency stabilitybased on 200 nm supercontinuum filtering
- 22 June 1995
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 31 (13) , 1064-1066
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19950759
Abstract
A multiwavelength (>200 channels, 0.8 – 1 nm spacing) picosecond pulse source has been constructed that offers low jitter (< 0.3 ps) and high optical frequency stability at 6.3 GHz by filtering a 200 nm broadened supercontinuum with a 16 × 16 arrayed-waveguide grating WDM demultiplexer.Keywords
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