Title :
Ultrawide-band pulse generation based on cross phase modulation in fibers
Author :
Velanas, Pantelis ; Bogris, Adonis ; Argyris, Apostolos ; Syvridis, Dimitris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun., Nat. & Kapodestrian Univ. of Athens, Athens
Abstract :
An ultrawide-band impulse signal´s generator based on the cross-phase modulation effect (XPM) in optical fibers performed by optical filtering is experimentally demonstated. Electrical monocycle pulses have be obtained at the output of the photodetector (PD).
Keywords :
band-pass filters; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; pulse generators; ultra wideband communication; UWB impulse signal generator; XPM effect; bandpass optical filter; cross phase modulation; electrical monocycle pulses; optical fiber; photodetector; ultrawide-band pulse generation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Phase modulation; Pulse generation; Signal generators; All optical signal processing; cross phase modulation; non linear optics; ultra-wideband;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1594-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1595-3
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444414
