Complete characterization of an optical pulse based on temporal interferometry using an unbalanced temporal pulse shaping system

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 789-800

  Wang, Chao ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromatic dispersion; pulse characterization; real time Fourier transform; spectral interferometry; suppressed carrier (SC) modulation; temporal pulse shaping

Indexed keywords

FOURIER; PULSE CHARACTERIZATION; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; SUPPRESSED-CARRIER (SC) MODULATION; TEMPORAL PULSE SHAPING;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; INTERFEROMETRY; ION BEAMS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

EID: 79952177791     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2106480     Document Type: Article

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