Generation of pedestal-free 22-fs ultrashort pulse using highly nonlinear fiber and reverse-dispersion fiber

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-291

  Takayanagi, Jun ^a   Nishizawa, Norihiko ^a   Sugiura, Toshiharu ^b   Yoshida, Makoto ^b   Goto, Toshio ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AISIN SEIKI CO LTD   (Japan)

^c CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber lasers; Optical pulse compression; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; ALL-FIBER SYSTEM; HIGH-POWER; HIGHER ORDER DISPERSION; HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBERS; HYBRID FIBER; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; RAMAN SOLITON PULSE; SPECTRAL DISTORTIONS; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; ULTRASHORT PULSE GENERATION;

DISPERSIONS; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PULSE COMPRESSION; SOLITONS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 33646471992     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.869815     Document Type: Article

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