Title :
Ultrashort flat-top pulse generation using an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Author :
Li, Ming ; Dumais, Patrick ; Ashrafi, Reza ; Bazargani, Hamed Pishvai ; Quélène, Jean-Baptiste ; Callender, Claire ; Azaña, José
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci. (INRS), Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Re-shaping of an ultrashort Gaussian-like-pulse into a flat-top pulse is demonstrated using an integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI). 7.8-ps Gaussian-like-pulses are reshaped into nearly chirp-free 17.1-ps and 20.0-ps flat-top-pulses based on two different linear filtering schemes.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical filters; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; chirp-free flat-top-pulses; integrated Mach-Zehnder interferometers; linear filtering schemes; time 17.1 ps; time 20.0 ps; time 7.8 ps; ultrashort Gaussian-like-pulse re-shaping; ultrashort flat-top pulse generation; Bandwidth; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6359255
