Title :
Fibre integrated femtosecond sources based on soliton generation from CW noise
Author :
Kennedy, R.E. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. London
Abstract :
The development of simple, fibre integrated femtosecond soliton sources based on the propagation of CW noise through a highly nonlinear fibre is reported. It is shown that pulse compression can be obtained in this format through the use of Raman amplification. A method of wavelength extension to the visible using microstructure is proposed
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical noise; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical solitons; CW noise; Raman amplification; fibre integrated femtosecond sources; microstructure; nonlinear fibre; pulse compression; soliton generation; wavelength extension;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20073016
