Title :
Picosecond optical pulse generation using a directly generated Gaussian-shaped optical frequency comb
Author :
Wu, R. ; Long, C.M. ; Supradeepa, V.R. ; Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate picosecond optical pulse generation based on a directly generated 10 GHz Gaussian-shaped optical frequency comb using only intensity and phase modulators. The quadratic comb phase allows for pulse compensation with only single-mode fibers.
Keywords :
intensity modulation; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; Gaussian-shaped optical frequency comb; frequency 10 GHz; intensity modulators; phase modulators; picosecond optical pulse generation; pulse compensation; quadratic comb phase; single-mode fibers; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110420
