• DocumentCode
    1884027
  • Title

    Supercontinuum generating in ultralong SOAs — theory and experiment

  • Author

    Runge, Patrick ; Petermann, Klaus ; Brinker, Walter ; Schlak, Michael ; Sartorius, Bernd

  • Author_Institution
    Fachgebiet Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The tremendous Four-Wave Mixing efficiency of ultralong SOAs is used to create a supercontinuum from two CW input signals. As a result, widely tunable short pulses are generated.
  • Keywords
    multiwave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; supercontinuum generation; four-wave mixing; supercontinuum generation; tunable short pulses; ultralong SOA; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Supercontinuum generation; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5287133