Repetition rate variable and wavelength-tunable picosecond optical pulse source employing square-wave-driven intensity modulator and comb-like profiled fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2736-2738

  Ozeki, Yasuyuki ^a   Takasaka, Shigehiro ^a,b   Sakano, Misao ^b   Namiki, Shu ^b,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comb like profiled fiber (CPF); Highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF); Optical modulation; Soliton compression; Ultrafast optical pulse train

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

COMB-LIKE PROFILED FIBER (CPF); HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBER (HNLF); SOLITON COMPRESSION; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PULSE TRAIN;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 29244435024     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.859409     Document Type: Article

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