Title :
Generation of ultra-flat SPM-broadened spectra in a highly nonlinear fiber using pulse pre-shaping in a fiber Bragg grating
Author :
Almeida, P.J. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Ibsen, M. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We propose a new approach to generating spectrally flat supercontinuum pulses based on seeding a commercial nonlinear fibre with pump pulses shaped using a superstructured fiber Bragg grating. Experimental results confirm the viability of the approach.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibres; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical pumping; self-phase modulation; supercontinuum generation; SSFBG; fiber pump pulse seeding; highly nonlinear fiber; nonlinear optics; optical pulse generation; pulse pre-shaping; spectrally flat supercontinuum pulses; strong self-phase modulation; superstructured fiber Bragg grating; ultra-flat SPM-broadened spectra; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods; Scanning probe microscopy; Time division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192890
