Adaptive control methods for ultrafast pulse propagation in optical fibers

Author

Omenetto, Fiorenzo G. ; Reitze, David H. ; Luce, Benjamin P. ; Moores, M.D. ; Taylor, Antoinette J.

Author_Institution

Condensed Matter & Thermal Phys. Group, Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

2002

Firstpage

690

Lastpage

698

Abstract

Adaptive control in combination with ultrafast pulse shaping provides a compelling approach to harness events that occur on the fastest timescale available. This paper illustrates the application of adaptive pulse shaping to femtosecond pulse propagation at λ=1550 nm in single-mode optical fibers. The approach is illustrated first by through a numerical simulation of the technique. An experimental demonstration is described. The propagation of ~200-fs pulses is successfully achieved in the nonlinear regime by suitably preshaping the input pulse using an adaptive feedback loop

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; optical feedback; optical fibre theory; optical fibres; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse shaping; 1550 nm; 200 fs; adaptive control methods; adaptive feedback loop; adaptive pulse shaping; fastest timescale; femtosecond pulse propagation; fs pulse propagation; input pulse; nonlinear regime; numerical simulation; optical fibers; preshaping; single-mode optical fibers; ultrafast pulse propagation; ultrafast pulse shaping; Adaptive control; Adaptive optics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical propagation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse shaping methods; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2002.1016374

Filename

1016374