Analysis of Self-Pulsating Sources Based on Regenerative SPM: Ignition, Pulse Characteristics and Stability

Author

North, Thibault ; Rochette, Martin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada

Volume

31

Issue

23

fYear

2013

fDate

Dec.1, 2013

Firstpage

3700

Lastpage

3706

Abstract

We provide design guidelines and resulting outputs of a self-pulsating source based on regenerative self-phase modulation and offset band-pass filtering. We assess the conditions for self-pulsation and discuss the output pulse properties under the influence of spectral separation between the filters and their bandwidth. We also examine the source behavior when the central wavelength of the bandpass filters are subject to increasing spectral separation in the pulse-buffering regime. The results emphasize the role of chromatic dispersion for the reduction of amplitude and timing jitter.

Keywords

band-pass filters; optical design techniques; optical dispersion; optical filters; self-phase modulation; timing jitter; amplitude reduction; chromatic dispersion; design guidelines; ignition; offset band-pass filtering; output pulse properties; pulse characteristics; pulse stability; pulse-buffering regime; regenerative SPM; regenerative self-phase modulation; self-pulsating source analysis; spectral separation; timing jitter; Band-pass filters; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Chromatic dispersion; Gain; Noise; Numerical models; Laser resonator; nonlinear optics; optical pulse regeneration; self-phase modulation (SPM); self-pulsating source;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2013.2286331

Filename

6637040