Title :
Parabolic Pulse Generation through Passive Reshaping of Gaussian Pulses in a Normally Dispersive Fiber
Author :
Finot, Christophe ; Provost, Lionel ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southampton, Southampton
Abstract :
We numerically and experimentally demonstrate that a Gaussian pulse can be reshaped into a pulse with a stable parabolic intensity profile during propagation in normally dispersive nonlinear fibers.
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; nonlinear optics; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; Gaussian pulses; normally dispersive nonlinear fibers; parabolic pulse generation; passive reshaping; stable parabolic intensity profile; Dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical solitons; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348812
