Title :
Optical pulse compression of a pulse trapped in an optical microcavity
Author :
Dong, Po ; Chen, Long ; Nitkowski, Arthur ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
Abstract :
We demonstrate that optical pulse compression can be realized by tuning the quality factor of an optical microcavity from a high value to a low value, with tuning time shorter than the photon lifetime.
Keywords :
Q-factor; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; microcavities; optical pulse compression; radiation pressure; femtosecond pulsed laser; optical microcavity; optical pulse compression; optical tuning; photon lifetime; pulse trapping; quality factor; Charge carrier processes; Laser tuning; Microcavities; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical ring resonators; Pulse compression methods; Q factor; Resonance; Ultrafast optics; (130.3120) Integrated optical devices; (230.5750) Resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
