Analytical performance evaluation of a higher-order soliton compressor for ultra-fast applications

Author

Scaffardi, M. ; Bogoni, A. ; Ponzini, Filippo ; Poti, L.

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´´ Anna, Pisa, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

7-11 Nov. 2004

Firstpage

705

Abstract

The shape of the compressed pulse strongly depends on the input conditions, as input pulsewidth and peak power, and on the fibre parameters, as chromatic dispersion and non-linear coefficient. An analytical model of the higher order soliton compressor which allows the description the compressor behaviour for different types of fiber in the presence of amplitude noise and pulsewidth variation is developed. With this model, evolution of the output noise statistics can be studied. The analysis of a Gaussian input noise reveals its rapid deterioration of compressed pulses for input signal to noise ratio lower than 40 dB and the distribution of the output noise remains Gaussian.

Keywords

Gaussian distribution; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical noise; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; optical solitons; Gaussian input noise; amplitude noise; chromatic dispersion; compressed pulse shape; fiber parameters; higher-order soliton compressor; nonlinear coefficient; output noise statistics; pulsewidth variation; ultrafast applications; Analytical models; Chromatic dispersion; Gaussian noise; Performance analysis; Pulse compression methods; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Signal to noise ratio; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8557-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363434

Filename

1363434