Optical arbitrary waveform generation and characterization using spectral line-by-line control

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2487-2494

  Jiang, Zhi ^a   Leaird, Daniel E ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency comb; Mode locked laser; Optical arbitrary waveform generation (O AWG); Pulse characterization; Pulse shaping

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY COMB; OPTICAL ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATION; PULSE CHARACTERIZATION; PULSE SHAPERS; SPECTRAL LINE-BY-LINE CONTROL;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33746870718     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.874661     Document Type: Article

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