Title :
Short pulse lasers and their applications to optical communications
Author_Institution :
NTT Opt. Network Syst. Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
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;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.811836
