Nonlinear pulse compression of picosecond parabolic-like pulses synthesized with a long period fiber grating filter

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 7074-7087

  Krčmařík, David ^a,b,c   Slavík, Radan ^a,d   Park, Yon Gwoo ^b   Azaña, José ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSION COMPENSATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PULSE COMPRESSION; PULSE REPETITION RATE; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

HIGH REPETITION RATE; HIGHLY NONLINEAR FIBER(HNLF); LINEAR DISPERSION COMPENSATION; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; NONLINEAR PULSE COMPRESSION; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRUM BROADENING; SYSTEM'S PERFORMANCE;

OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DATA COMPRESSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; LASERS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 66549113296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.007074     Document Type: Article

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