Fast amplitude and phase characterization of optical frequency combs propagating over 50 km of optical fiber using dual quadrature spectral interferometry

Author

Supradeepa, V.R. ; Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We demonstrate fast retrieval(<1.5 mus) of amplitude and phase of optical frequency combs propagating over long lengths of optical fiber(> 50 km) and of user defined pulse shapes representing higher order propagation effects using dual quadrature spectral Interferometry.

Keywords

light interferometry; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical information processing; amplitude characterization; dual quadrature spectral interferometry; optical fiber; optical frequency comb; phase characterization; user defined pulse shape; Fluctuations; Frequency; Information retrieval; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical propagation; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse measurements; Ultrafast optics; (060.2300) Fiber measurements; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (320.5540) Pulse Shaping; (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2606-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-865-0

Type

conf

Filename

5032635