Integrated optical pulse shaping devices for mode-locked lasers in the 1.5 μm region

Author

Bente, Erwin ; Tahvili, Saeed ; Leijtens, Xaveer ; Wale, Mike ; Klein, Edwin ; Smit, Meint

Author_Institution

Cobra Res. Inst., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2012

fDate

2-5 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Optical pulse shapers are devices that can be used to correct e.g. chirp in optical pulse from lasers, chirp from dispersion or create specific shapes or phase behaviour to optimise e.g. non-linear imaging techniques. In this paper we will discuss design considerations for and present result of our research on integrated devices that can shape optical pulses from mode-locked lasers in the 1.5 μm region. Such devices have the advantage over conventional bulk optics pulse shapers that they can be much more compact as well as more flexible.

Keywords

chirp modulation; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; optical pulse shaping; chirp correction; dispersion; integrated optical pulse shaping; mode-locked lasers; nonlinear imaging; phase behaviour; specific shapes; wavelength 1.5 mum; Integrated optics; Laser mode locking; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical pulse shaping; Optical waveguides; III-V semiconductors; photonic integration; pulse shaping; ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coventry

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2228-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2012.6254459

Filename

6254459