Transform-limited, femtosecond WDM pulse generation by spectral filtering of gigahertz supercontinuum

Electronics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 1994, Pages 1166-1168

  Morioka, T ^a   Kawanishi, S ^a   Mori, K ^a   Saruwatari, M ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pulse generation; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PASSIVE FILTERS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; GIGAHERTZ SUPERCONTINUUM; OPTICAL PULSES; SPECTRAL FILTERING; TIME BANDWIDTH PRODUCTS; WAVELENGTH RANGE;

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 0028767531     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19940805     Document Type: Article

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