Title :
The 4FAD: A high-extinction-ratio, achromatic, temperature-insensitive, high-damage-threshold, all-fiber, power-selective filter
Author :
Koplow, Jeffrey P. ; Soh, Daniel B S
Author_Institution :
Sandia Nat. Labs., Livermore, CA, USA
Abstract :
We disclose a novel, power-selective, low-insertion-loss, all-fiber device, based on the interaction of self-phase modulation and cross-phase modulation in a segmented, birefringent waveguide. The 4FAD provides new functionality of great value for pulsed laser systems.
Keywords :
optical fibre filters; self-phase modulation; 4FAD; all-fiber power-selective filter; birefringent waveguide; cross-phase modulation; damage threshold; extinction-ratio; four-fiber amplitude discriminator; insertion loss; pulsed laser systems; self-phase modulation; Modulation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
