Title :
Optical pulse generator using phase modulator and linearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings
Author :
Komukai, Tetsuro ; Yamamoto, Takashi ; Kawanishi, Satoki
Author_Institution :
Photonic Transp. Network Lab., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
We present a novel optical pulse generator, in which continuous-wave light is modulated by an electrooptic phase modulator and compressed into pulses by linearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings. Two types of pulses are successfully obtained by changing the parameters. One is a very short pulse with a low duty ratio and the other is a flat top pulse with a duty ratio of 50%.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; optical fibres; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; duty ratio; electrooptic phase modulator; flat top pulse; linearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings; optical pulse generator; pulse compression; Chirp modulation; Dispersion; Fiber gratings; Frequency; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Chirped fiber Bragg grating (CFBG); optical pulse; phase modulator; pulse compression;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.850888
