Wavelength and repetition rate tunable optical pulse source using a chirped fiber Bragg grating and a nonlinear optical loop mirror

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-36

  Lee, Ju Han ^a   Chang, You Min ^a   Han, Young Geun ^a   Kim, Sang Hyuck ^a   Chung, Haeyang ^b   Lee, Sang Bae ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gratings; Optical propagation in dispersive media; Optical propagation in nonlinear media; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; RING LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DISPERSIVE MEDIA; NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; OPTICAL PULSES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; REPETITION RATE; TUNABLE OPTICAL PULSE SOURCE;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 12344305374     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.838289     Document Type: Article

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