• DocumentCode
    1992205
  • Title

    Characteristics of ultrashort pulse generation from incoherent light by trapped pulse amplification in birefringent fibers

  • Author

    Shiraki, Eiji ; Nishizawa, Norihiko

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
  • Firstpage
    944
  • Lastpage
    946
  • Abstract
    We investigated characteristics of ultrashort pulse generated from an incoherent light using pulse trapping and amplification. Coherent, sech2-shaped, ultrashort pulses with constant intensity were generated due to the output saturation and soliton effect.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; light coherence; optical solitons; birefringent fiber; incoherent light; output saturation; pulse trapping; soliton effect; trapped pulse amplification; ultrashort pulse generation; Charge carrier processes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse generation; Superluminescent diodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
  • Conference_Location
    Sydney, NSW
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1939-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194041
  • Filename
    6194041