Title :
4/spl times/repetition rate multiplication and adiabatic Raman compression of 20-GHz optical pulses in a single fiber
Author :
de Matos, C.J.S. ; Chestnut, D.A. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We demonstrate repetition-rate quadrupling of a 4.2-ps pulse train to 80 GHz. Adiabatic Raman compression in the same fiber yielded 2.0-ps solitons with improved modulation depth.
Keywords :
Raman spectra; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; optical solitons; 2.0 ps; 4.2 ps; adiabatic Raman compression; modulation depth; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse compression; ps pulse train; ps solitons; repetition-rate quadrupling; single fiber; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical solitons; Pulse amplifiers; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034168
