Title :
Wavelength and duration tunable subpicosecond source using adiabatic Raman compression
Author :
Reeves-Hall, P.C. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
fDate :
3/29/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A wavelength and pulse duration tunable source of subpicosecond pulses has been demonstrated at a repetition rate of 10 GHz using adiabatic Raman compression of 10 ps pulses from an external cavity laser and an electro-absorption modulator
Keywords :
Raman lasers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; infrared sources; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; optical tuning; 10 GHz; 10 ps; adiabatic Raman compression; duration tunable subpicosecond source; electro-absorption modulator; external cavity laser; pulse duration tunable source; repetition rate; subpicosecond pulses; wavelength tunable source; wavelength tunable subpicosecond source;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010303
