Title :
Triggerable Continuum Source for Single-shot Ultra-fast Applications
Author :
Chou, Jason ; Bennett, Corey V. ; Boyraz, Ozdal ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate a triggerable continuum source based on a modulated DFB laser. Such a source eliminates the need to synchronize a mode-locked-laser with an incoming signal in applications such as spectroscopy and wideband signal processing
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical modulation; signal processing; spectroscopic light sources; supercontinuum generation; DFB laser modulation; single-shot ultra-fast application; spectroscopy; triggerable continuum source; wideband signal processing; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279032
