Title :
Spectral phase clamping in waveguide arrays
Author :
Chao, Qing ; Hudson, Darren ; Kutz, J. Nathan ; Christodoulides, Demetrios N. ; Morandotti, Roberto ; Cundiff, Steven T.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We report spectral phase clamping of femtosecond pulses propagating in a waveguide array. The waveguide sets the spectral phase of the output pulses to a fixed value, regardless of the input chirp.
Keywords :
Arrayed waveguide gratings; Chirp; Clamps; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical waveguides; Phased arrays; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
