Pulse compression by using semiconductor coupled-waveguide structures

Author

Yong Lee

Author_Institution

Central Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

662

Abstract

A compact, transmissive dispersion compensator is a key device for pulse compression and recompression in ultrashort-pulse lasers as well as in high-bit-rate long-distance optical communication systems. One such device has recently been proposed and numerically demonstrated by Peschel et al. (1995). It consists of two dissimilar waveguides in which group velocity dispersion (GVD) is greatly enhanced by supermodes. The present paper reports on pulse compression by using a highly dispersive InGaAsP/InP slab-type coupled-waveguide structure.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical pulse compression; optical waveguides; semiconductor heterojunctions; semiconductor lasers; 1.55 mum; 1637 nm; 2000 nm; 800 nm; InGaAsP-InP; compact transmissive dispersion compensator; highly dispersive InGaAsP/InP slab-type coupled-waveguide structure; pulse compression; semiconductor coupled-waveguide structures; Autocorrelation; Chirp; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.817770

Filename

817770