Title :
Ultrafast optical delay line using soliton propagation between a time-prism pair
Author :
Van Howe, James ; Xu, Chris
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
Using soliton propagation between a time-prism pair, we apply time-prisms to ultrashort pulses and demonstrate an all-fiber, programmable optical delay line with a scan rate of 0.5 GHz, and a delay range of 33.0 ps.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; high-speed optical techniques; optical delay lines; optical prisms; optical solitons; 0.5 GHz; all-fiber optical delay line; programmable optical delay line; soliton propagation; time-prism pair; ultrafast optical delay line; ultrashort pulses; Delay effects; Delay lines; Frequency conversion; Optical distortion; Optical interferometry; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193097
