Performance evaluation of a compact 10-GHz pulse compressor based on a highly nonlinear Bismuth-Oxide fibre

Author

Asimakis, S. ; Ng, T.T. ; Roelens, M.A.F. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Meloni, G. ; Bogoni, A. ; Poti, L.

Author_Institution

Southampton Univ., Southampton

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, a pulse compressor operating at 10GHz is realized using just 2 meters of a connectorized bismuth-oxide highly-nonlinear fibre (Bi-HNLF). We further present the complete phase and intensity characterisation of the compressed pulses using a linear form of frequency-resolved optical gating (L-FROG) based on a commercially available lithium niobate modulator.

Keywords

bismuth compounds; lithium compounds; optical pulse compression; performance evaluation; Bi₂O₃; LiNbO₃; bismuth-oxide fibre; frequency 10 GHz; frequency-resolved optical gating; highly nonlinear fibre; intensity characterisation; linear form; lithium niobate modulator; performance evaluation; phase characterisation; pulse compressor; Chirp modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Intensity modulation; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386444

Filename

4386444