Title :
All-optical, continuously tunable, nanosecond pulse delay using wavelength conversion and fiber dispersion
Author :
Sharping, Jay E. ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Van Howe, James ; Xu, Chris ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an all-optical tunable delay based on wavelength shifting in a fiber- parametric amplifier followed by a dispersive fiber. The device operates near 1550 nm and generates delays as large as 1.2 ns.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical delay lines; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre dispersion; optical parametric amplifiers; optical tuning; 1550 nm; all-optical tunable delay; fiber dispersion; fiber- parametric amplifier; nanosecond pulse delay; optical delay generator; wavelength conversion; wavelength shifting; Dispersion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201993
