Long-period fiber-grating-based filter for generation of picosecond and subpicosecond transform-limited flat-top pulses

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 806-808

  Slavík, Radan ^a   Park, Yongwoo ^b   Azaña, Jose ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gratings; Optical fiber filters; Optical pulse shaping; Passive filters

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; INSERTION LOSSES; PASSIVE FILTERS; POLARIZATION; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS;

FLAT-TOP WAVEFORMS; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 43449090982     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.921131     Document Type: Article

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