Title :
Characteristics of ultrashort pulse generation from incoherent light by trapped pulse amplification in birefringent fibers
Author :
Shiraki, Eiji ; Nishizawa, Norihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We investigated characteristics of ultrashort pulse generated from an incoherent light using pulse trapping and amplification. Coherent, sech2-shaped, ultrashort pulses with constant intensity were generated due to the output saturation and soliton effect.
Keywords :
birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; light coherence; optical solitons; birefringent fiber; incoherent light; output saturation; pulse trapping; soliton effect; trapped pulse amplification; ultrashort pulse generation; Charge carrier processes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Superluminescent diodes;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194041
