• DocumentCode
    1124855
  • Title

    Transform-limited, femtosecond WDM pulse generation by spectral filtering of gigahertz supercontinuum

  • Author

    Morioka, T. ; Kawanishi, Satoki ; Mori, Kazuo ; Saruwatari, M.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Kanagawa
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    7/7/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1166
  • Lastpage
    1168
  • Abstract
    0.25-0.67 ps optical pulses with time-bandwidth products of 0.11-0.14 are generated at 6.3 GHz over 1530-1562nm by spectrally filtering the chirp-compensated supercontinuum generated by 2.5 ps Er 3+-doped fibre laser pulses. The proposed scheme features a multiwavelength GHz output over a continuous wavelength range, and offers a wide variety of applications in ultrafast all-optical TDM/WDM networks
  • Keywords
    digital communication systems; erbium; fibre lasers; laser beam applications; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.25 to 0.67 ps; 1530 to 1562 nm; 2.5 ps; 6.3 GHz; Er3+-doped fibre laser pulses; chirp-compensated supercontinuum; femtosecond WDM pulse generation; fs optical pulses; gigahertz supercontinuum; multiwavelength GHz output; spectral filtering; transform-limited pulse generation; ultrafast all-optical TDM/WDM networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940805
  • Filename
    299370