Title :
Pedestal-free optical pulse generation utilizing a modified time lens without optical filtering
Author :
Yanfei Xing ; Qiang Wang ; Li Huo ; Caiyun Lou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We propose to insert inverse group velocity dispersion in a conventional time-lens based optical pulse generator to generate pedestal-free optical pulses without optical filtering. A 10-GHz 6.14-ps pedestal-free pulse train is achieved experimentally.
Keywords :
lenses; optical pulse generation; frequency 10 GHz; inverse group velocity dispersion; modified time lens; optical pulse generator; pedestal-free optical pulse generation; time 6.14 ps; Chirp; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; optical pulse generation; time lens;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656552