Nonlinear generation of ultra-flat broadened spectrum based on adaptive pulse shaping

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1971-1977

  Yang, Xin ^a   Richardson, David J ^a   Petropoulos, Periklis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive pulse shaping; evolution strategy; evolutionary algorithm; nonlinear broadening; ultra flat broadband spectrum

Indexed keywords

BROAD-BAND SPECTRUM; BROADBAND SPECTRA; BROADENED SPECTRA; COMMUNICATION APPLICATION; EVOLUTION STRATEGIES; LINEAR PULSE; NON-LINEAR FIBER; NONLINEAR BROADENING; NONLINEAR GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PULSE-SHAPING; SPECTRAL BROADENING;

BANDWIDTH; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84860289186     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2193383     Document Type: Article

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