Title :
Coherence Examination of Nonlinearly Broadened Phase-Modulated CW Laser Frequency Combs using a DPSK Encoder/Decoder
Author :
Huang, C.B. ; Leaird, D.E. ; Park, S.-G. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette
Abstract :
Optical coherence of 9.953 GHz nonlinearly broadened phase-modulated CW laser combs using normal and anomalous dispersive media are experimentally characterized using a DPSK encoder/decoder. Normal-dispersion-broadened combs show good DPSK compatibility.
Keywords :
decoding; differential phase shift keying; encoding; light coherence; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; DPSK encoder-decoder; dispersive media; nonlinearly broadened phase-modulated CW laser frequency combs; normal-dispersion-broadened combs; optical coherence; Autocorrelation; Coherence; Decoding; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382607
