Title :
Micromechanically controlled GT interferometer for ultrashort optical-pulse narrowing
Author :
Akimoto, K. ; Katagiri, Y. ; Takada, A. ; Nagaoka, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Telecommun. Energy Labs., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
5/27/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A micromechanically controlled Gire-Tournois (GT) interferometer, which has widely tunable dispersion controlled by comb-drive micromirror, is proposed for optical-pulse compression in the subpicosecond regime. The pulse-narrowing performance has been experimentally verified to produce nearly transform-limited pulses with a width of 0.43 ps.
Keywords :
micro-optics; 0.43 ps; Gire-Tournois interferometer; comb-drive micromirror; micromechanically controlled GT interferometer; nearly transform-limited pulses; optical-pulse compression; subpicosecond regime; tunable dispersion; ultrashort optical-pulse narrowing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990604
