Title :
Rate multiplication by double-passing fabry-Perot filtering
Author :
Yiannopoulos, K. ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Kehayas, E. ; Pleros, N. ; Vlachos, K. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Guekos, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We present a new technique for extending the decay time of the impulse response function of a Fabry-Perot filter while simultaneously maintaining a large bandwidth. It involves double passing through the filter and it can be used for the easy multiplication of the repetition rate of optical sources. We apply the concept to a 10-GHz pulse train to demonstrate experimentally the rate quadruplication to 40 GHz.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; optical filters; optical transmitters; transient response; 10 GHz; 40 GHz; double-passing Fabry-Perot filtering; impulse response function; large bandwidth; optical sources; rate multiplication; rate quadruplication; repetition rate; Amplitude modulation; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Fabry-Perot; Fiber lasers; Filtering; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Optical transmitters; Pulse modulation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.816691
