Title :
Femtosecond Optical Pulse Generation using Line-by-Line Shaping on a Phase-Modulated CW Laser
Author :
Huang, C.B. ; Jiang, Z. ; Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
Abstract :
We demonstrate generation of a high repetition rate femtosecond pulse train using the line-by-line shaping technique on a phase-modulated CW laser. Resulting pulses with FWHM duration of 324fs at 9 GHz repetition rate are reported after soliton compression.
Keywords :
optical modulation; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical solitons; phase modulation; 324 fs; FWHM duration; femtosecond optical pulse generation; line-by line shaping; phase-modulated CW laser; soliton compression; Autocorrelation; Fiber lasers; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279053
