Title :
Ultrafast optical signal processing based upon space-time dualities
Author :
Van Howe, James ; Xu, Chris
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
fDate :
7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The last two decades have seen a wealth of optical instrumentation based upon the concepts of space-time duality. A historical overview of how this beautiful framework has been exploited to develop instruments for optical signal processing is presented. The power of this framework is then demonstrated by reviewing four devices in detail based upon space-time dualities that have been experimentally demonstrated: 1) a time-lens timing-jitter compensator for ultralong-haul dense-wavelength-division-multiplexed dispersion-managed soliton transmission, 2) a multiwavelength pulse generator using time-lens compression, 3) a programmable ultrafast optical delay line by use of a time-prism pair, and 4) an enhanced ultrafast optical delay line by use of soliton propagation between a time-prism pair.
Keywords :
lenses; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical information processing; optical prisms; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; timing jitter; wavelength division multiplexing; dense-wavelength-division multiplexing; dispersion management; multiwavelength pulse generator; optical instrumentation; programmable optical delay line; soliton propagation; soliton transmission; space-time duality; time-lens compensator; time-lens compression; time-prism pair; timing-jitter compensator; ultrafast optical delay line; ultrafast optical signal processing; ultralong-haul; Fourier transforms; Instruments; Lenses; Optical diffraction; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical solitons; Ultrafast optics; Optical communication; optical delay lines; optical pulse generation; optical signal processing;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.875229
