DocumentCode
3404665
Title
Short pulse lasers and their applications to optical communications
Author
Tamura, K.R.
Author_Institution
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
537
Abstract
Short pulse optical sources are finding use in research areas such as optical sampling, ultrafast TDM, spectrally-sliced WDM, optical CDM, and optical networks. Recent developments in pedestal-free pulse compression, continuum generation, and tunable sources are discussed
Keywords
code division multiple access; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical fibre networks; optical pulse compression; optical transmitters; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; continuum generation; optical CDM; optical communications; optical networks; optical sampling; pedestal-free pulse compression; short pulse lasers; short pulse optical sources; spectrally-sliced WDM; tunable sources; ultrafast TDM; Laser applications; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Sampling methods; Time division multiplexing; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5634-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.1999.811836
Filename
811836
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