Title :
Flat-top pulse generation using 3-dB abrupt taper interferometeric pulse shaper
Author :
Nix, Michael ; Yam, Scott S H
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Kingston, ON
Abstract :
Using a novel and inexpensive 204 mm long 3 dB abrupt taper pulse shaper, a 3.8 ps flat-top pulse with less than 4% ripple was generated from a 2.2 ps Gaussian pulse.
Keywords :
optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; Gaussian pulse; flat-top pulse generation; taper interferometeric pulse shaper; Interferometers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical refraction; Pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods; (070.2615) Frequency filtering; (320.5540) Pulse shaping;
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
