Title :
Arbitrary repetition-rate multiplication of high speed optical pulses using a programmable optical processor
Author :
Ji, Yu ; Li, Yan ; Zhang, Fangzheng ; Hong, XiaoBing ; Xu, Kun ; Wu, Jian ; Lin, Jintong
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We demonstrate a method to realize arbitrary repetition-rate multiplication of 40 GHz optical pulses based on optical spectrum manipulation. The generated 80-320 GHz pulses can well maintain the original pulse shape with uniform amplitude and improved SNR.
Keywords :
optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; arbitrary repetition-rate multiplication; frequency 40 GHz; high speed optical pulses; optical spectra; programmable optical processor; pulse amplitude; pulse shape; signal-to-noise ratio; High speed optical techniques; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Signal to noise ratio; high speed pulses; repetition-rate multiplication; spectrum processing; terahertz pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2011 International Topical Meeting on & Microwave Photonics Conference, 2011 Asia-Pacific, MWP/APMP
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-716-0
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2011.6088724
