DocumentCode
2866824
Title
Laser pulse reshaping by means of nonlinear effects in a low birefringence optical fiber
Author
Doutre, F. ; Couderc, V. ; Pagnoux, D.
Author_Institution
Fac. des Sci. et Tech., Univ. de Limoges, Limoges, France
fYear
2009
fDate
14-19 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
We take advantage of nonlinear effects in a low birefringence fiber to reshape subnanosecond laser pulses. Both polarization and spectral modulation allow pulse shortening by a factor higher than 10 in the normal dispersion regime.
Keywords
birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical pulse shaping; birefringence; laser pulse reshaping; nonlinear effects; normal dispersion regime; optical fiber; optical polarization; pulse shortening; spectral modulation; subnanosecond laser pulses; Birefringence; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Laser modes; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical pulses;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4080-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196571
Filename
5196571
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