• DocumentCode
    1562326
  • Title

    Dynamic tuning of a supercontinuum using an acoustic grating - experimental and numerical investigation

  • Author

    Luan, F. ; Bolger, J.A. ; Yeom, D.-I. ; Tsoy, E.N. ; de Sterke, M. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We investigate dynamic shaping of the spectrum of a supercontinuum using a tunable acoustic long-period fiber grating filter. We demonstrate reconfigurable spectral enhancement, which is easily tuned by adjustment of an external radio frequency source.
  • Keywords
    acousto-optical filters; diffraction gratings; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre filters; optical solitons; optical tuning; supercontinuum generation; radio frequency source; reconfigurable spectral enhancement; soliton spectrum; supercontinuum dynamic tuning; tunable acoustic long-period fiber grating filter; Acoustic pulses; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gratings; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528737
  • Filename
    4528737