100-GHz soliton pulse train generation using soliton compression of two phase side bands from a single DFB laser

A 100-GHz soliton pulse train, with the potential of very low timing jitter, is generated using soliton compression of the beat signal between two optical carriers. The optical carriers are obtained by optically filtering out the third-order sidebands generated from a single DFB laser and a LiNbO/sub 3/ electro-optic phase modulator driven at 16.9 GHz.<
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