Compensation of diffraction-induced angular dispersion for applications in ultrafast optical communications

Author

Zapata-Rodriguez, Carlos J. ; Caballero, Maria T. ; Miret, Juan J.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Opt., Univ. de Valencia, Burjassot

Volume

4

fYear

2008

fDate

22-26 June 2008

Firstpage

357

Lastpage

359

Abstract

We report on a DOEs-based beam shaper of ultrashort optical pulses with high spatiotemporal resolution for long-distance optical communications and also for near-field direct-writing laser nanopatterning. Inspection of the validity of our approach is performed in the single-cycle regime.

Keywords

diffractive optical elements; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical dispersion; optical pulse shaping; spatiotemporal phenomena; DOE-based beam shaper; diffraction-induced angular dispersion; diffractive optical elements; long-distance optical communication; near-field direct-writing laser nanopatterning; spatiotemporal resolution; ultrafast optical communication; ultrashort optical pulses; wide-field dispersion-compensated beam shaper; Frequency; Optical diffraction; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical refraction; Optical transmitters; US Department of Energy; Ultrafast optics; diffraction theory; systems design; ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2625-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2626-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598811

Filename

4598811