Title :
Transform-limited, femtosecond WDM pulse generation by spectral filtering of gigahertz supercontinuum
Author :
Morioka, T. ; Kawanishi, Satoki ; Mori, Kazuo ; Saruwatari, M.
Author_Institution :
NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Kanagawa
fDate :
7/7/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
0.25-0.67 ps optical pulses with time-bandwidth products of 0.11-0.14 are generated at 6.3 GHz over 1530-1562nm by spectrally filtering the chirp-compensated supercontinuum generated by 2.5 ps Er 3+-doped fibre laser pulses. The proposed scheme features a multiwavelength GHz output over a continuous wavelength range, and offers a wide variety of applications in ultrafast all-optical TDM/WDM networks
Keywords :
digital communication systems; erbium; fibre lasers; laser beam applications; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; 0.25 to 0.67 ps; 1530 to 1562 nm; 2.5 ps; 6.3 GHz; Er3+-doped fibre laser pulses; chirp-compensated supercontinuum; femtosecond WDM pulse generation; fs optical pulses; gigahertz supercontinuum; multiwavelength GHz output; spectral filtering; transform-limited pulse generation; ultrafast all-optical TDM/WDM networks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19940805
