Title :
Matched photonic bandgap fibre and fibre Bragg grating dispersion for all-in-fibre stretch pulse amplification
Author :
Fu, L.B. ; Littler, I.C.M. ; Mok, J.T. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
3/17/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Kilowatt peak power pulses with pulse durations of approximately 1.5 ps within 5% of transform limit using an all-fibre stretch pulse amplification system are demonstrated. Efficient high-quality stretch pulse amplification is achieved using a matched chirped fibre Bragg grating and low nonlinearity photonic-bandgap hollow-core fibre. The nearly ideal recompression highlights the robustness of ultra-short picosecond pulses to group delay ripple in chirped fibre gratings.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical modulation; optical pulse compression; photonic band gap; 1.5 ps; all-fibre stretch pulse amplification system; all-in-fibre stretch pulse amplification; chirped fibre gratings; fibre Bragg grating dispersion; group delay ripple; high-quality stretch pulse amplification; kilowatt peak power pulses; low nonlinearity photonic-bandgap hollow-core fibre; matched chirped fibre Bragg grating; matched photonic bandgap fibre; pulse durations; transform limit; ultra-short picosecond pulses;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20058240
