A direct temporal domain approach for pulse-repetition rate multiplication with arbitrary envelope shaping

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-172

  Xia, Bing ^a   Chen, Lawrence R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lattice form Mach Zehnder interferometers; Optical filters; Pulse shaping; Pulse repetition rate multiplication (PRRM); Spectrally periodic filters; Ultrafast pulse generation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

LATTICE-FORM MACH-ZENDER INTERFROMETERS; PULSE SHAPING; PULSE-REPITITION RATE MULTIPLICATION (PRRM); SPECTRALLY PERIODIC FILTERS; ULTRAFAST PULSE GENERATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 14544290600     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.841467     Document Type: Article

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