DocumentCode
1466299
Title
Demonstration of chirping manipulation of laser diode chirped optical pulses utilising cross-phase modulation in optical fibres
Author
Morioka, T. ; Saruwatari, M.
Author_Institution
NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Kanagawa, Japan
Volume
25
Issue
10
fYear
1989
fDate
5/11/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
646
Lastpage
648
Abstract
A new method to manipulate the chirp characteristics of laser-diode pulses is proposed, utilising the cross-phase modulation in optical fibres. Chirping manipulation of a red-shift chirped pulse from a 1.3 mu m gain-switched distributed-feedback laser diode is first demonstrated by compensating for the residual chirp through the blue-shift chirp induced by a 1.3 mu m intense YAG pump pulse.
Keywords
optical fibres; optical modulation; semiconductor junction lasers; 1.3 micron; YAG pump pulse; blue-shift chirp; chirping manipulation; cross-phase modulation; gain-switched distributed-feedback laser diode; laser diode chirped optical pulses; optical fibres; red-shift chirped pulse; residual chirp;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19890438
Filename
91742
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