Design of multimirror structures for high-frequency bursts and codes of ultrashort pulses

Author

Narayan, Vishwa ; Dowling, Eric M. ; MacFarlane, Duncan L.

Author_Institution

Erik Jonsson Sch. of Eng. & Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Richardson, TX, USA

Volume

30

Issue

7

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1671

Lastpage

1680

Abstract

A stack of multiple mirrors may be used to change one short pulse into a carefully crafted burst with a designed envelope. For example, 800-GHz bursts, digital pulse codes, and other discrete time signals are reported here. The direct design of these structures is problematic. Though linear and causal, their impulse response is nonlinear with respect to the reflection coefficients of the mirrors. However, if we represent the structure´s energy transfer laws as a product of 2×2 scattering matrices then we can determine the reflection coefficients needed to produce a desired response using a recursive layer-peeling procedure that bypasses some tedious mathematics

Keywords

S-matrix theory; high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; optical design techniques; 800 GHz; design; digital pulse codes; discrete time signals; energy transfer laws; high-frequency bursts; multiple mirror stack; nonlinear impulse response; optical rattler; recursive layer-peeling; reflection coefficients; scattering matrices; ultrashort pulses; Delay effects; Mirrors; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.299500

Filename

299500