Title :
Application of trapped pulse amplification in birefringent fibers
Author :
Nishizawa, Norihiko ; Shiraki, Eiji ; Itoh, Kazuyoshi
Author_Institution :
Div. of Adv. Sci. & Biotechnol., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
In the birefringent fibers, pulse trapping occurs between orthogonally polarized pulses under the condition of group velocity matching. Using this phenomenon, the functions of amplification, shaping, and timing control can be obtained and all optical 3R control can be demonstrated. A large gain of 26 dB was confirmed for only 140 m of fibers. The ultrashort pulses are successfully generated from cw beam through pulse trapping.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; optical solitons; optical switches; birefringent fibers; group velocity matching; orthogonally polarized pulses; pulse trapping; trapped pulse amplification; ultrashort pulses; Birefringence; Gain; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Shape control; Stimulated emission; Timing; Raman scattering; all optical switching; nonlinear phenomena in fibers; pulse trapping; solitons; ultrashort pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2010 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7799-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7797-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2010.5549274
