Complete pulse characterization based on temporal interferometry using an unbalanced temporal pulse shaping system

Author

Wang, Chao ; Yao, Jianping

Author_Institution

Microwave Photonics Res. Lab., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2010

fDate

5-9 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

373

Lastpage

376

Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate a simple method for the full characterization of an ultrashort optical pulse based on temporal interferometry using an unbalanced temporal pulse shaping (UB-TPS) system. The UB-TPS system is functioning to generate and stretch two time-delayed replicas of the input pulse. The magnitude and phase information of the input pulse is reconstructed from the recorded temporal interference of the two time-delayed and dispersed pulses based on a Fourier transform algorithm.

Keywords

Fourier transform optics; electromagnetic wave interferometry; light interference; optical dispersion; optical information processing; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; Fourier transform algorithm; dispersed pulses; phase information reconstruction; recorded temporal interference; simple method; temporal interferometry; time-delayed pulses; ultrashort optical pulse; unbalanced temporal pulse shaping system; Dispersion; Fourier transforms; Interference; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Chromatic dispersion; pulse characterization; real-time Fourier transform; spectral interferometry; suppressed-carrier modulation; temporal pulse shaping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7824-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2010.5664123

Filename

5664123