Ultra-wideband pulse generation based on cross-gain modulation in fiber optical parametric amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-214

  Li, Jia ^a   Kuo, Bill Ping Piu ^a,b   Wong, Kenneth Kin Yip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross gain modulation; Optical parametric amplifier (OPA); Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MODULATION; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC DEVICES; PUMPS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CROSS-GAIN MODULATION; DOUBLET PULSE; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; FEMTOSECOND RESPONSE; FRACTIONAL BAND WIDTHS; HIGH QUALITIES; HIGH-SPEED; HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBERS; IN FIBERS; LIGHT-WAVES; OPTICAL ATTENUATORS; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER (OPA); OPTICAL PARAMETRIC PROCESS; PUMP DEPLETIONS; SELECTIVE GENERATIONS; SIGNAL AMPLIFICATIONS; TIME- DELAYS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND PULSE; UWB PULSE;

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 60149103319     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2010058     Document Type: Article

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