• 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