Femtosecond pulse sequence processing using a double-passed arrayed waveguide grating

Author

Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M. ; Kamei, S. ; Ishii, M. ; Sugita, A. ; Okamoto, K.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

114

Abstract

Summary from only given. We have demonstrated the ability to generate complex optical waveforms over an 200 ps temporal window by double-passing an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) with a femtosecond input pulse. Equivalently, two identical AWG´s could be interconnected back-to-back to generate the same functionality in transmission. These investigations provide important insight into the operation of integrated-optic pulse shapers based on AWG devices and shows promise for manipulating ultrafast optical waveforms via hybrid WDM/TDM optical processing.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical information processing; optical interconnections; optical pulse shaping; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 200 ps; arrayed waveguide grating; back-to-back optical interconnections; complex optical waveforms; double-passing; fast optical waveforms; femtosecond input pulse; hybrid WDM/TDM optical processing; integrated-optic pulse shapers; temporal window; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Integrated optics; Optical arrays; Optical devices; Optical interconnections; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033501

Filename

1033501