Title :
Duration-tunable 100-GHz sub-picosecond soliton train generation through adiabatic Raman amplification in conjunction with soliton reshaping
Author :
Igarashi, K. ; Tobioka, H. ; Takas, S. ; Matsushita, S. ; Namiki, S.
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate generation of 100-GHz soliton train with tunability of temporal duration from 0.84 to 2.1 ps by adiabatic Raman amplification with soliton reshaping, while keeping near transform-limit, low pedestal level and low stimulated Brillouin scattering.
Keywords :
amplification; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical solitons; optical tuning; stimulated Brillouin scattering; 0.84 to 2.1 ps; 100 GHz; adiabatic Raman amplification; duration-tunable sub-picosecond soliton train generation; pedestal level; soliton reshaping; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Raman scattering; Signal generators; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247562
