Direct Space-to-Time Pulse Shaping at 1.5 μm

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1635-1644

  McKinney, Jason D ^a   Seo, Dong Sun ^a,b   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Optical packet generation; Pulse shaping; Space to time conversion; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PACKET NETWORKS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

DIRECT SPACE-TO-TIME (DST) PULSE SHAPERS; OPTICAL PACKET GENERATION; SPATIAL PATTERN GENERATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0347946748     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.819542     Document Type: Article

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