Title :
Supercontinuum generating in ultralong SOAs — theory and experiment
Author :
Runge, Patrick ; Petermann, Klaus ; Brinker, Walter ; Schlak, Michael ; Sartorius, Bernd
Author_Institution :
Fachgebiet Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
The tremendous Four-Wave Mixing efficiency of ultralong SOAs is used to create a supercontinuum from two CW input signals. As a result, widely tunable short pulses are generated.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; supercontinuum generation; four-wave mixing; supercontinuum generation; tunable short pulses; ultralong SOA; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Supercontinuum generation; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
