Title :
Amplitude fluctuations in the generation of high repetition-rate pulse trains using the temporal Talbot effect
Author :
Pudo, Dominik ; Chen, Lawrence R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
We derive the upper-limit of the peak output pulse power fluctuations for pulse repetition rate multiplication based on the temporal Talbot effect. The analysis is general and can be applied to any input pulse shape.
Keywords :
Talbot effect; fluctuations; optical pulse generation; amplitude fluctuations; pulse repetition rate multiplication; pulse train generation; temporal Talbot effect; Dispersion; Fluctuations; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse generation; Shape; Signal analysis; Tail; Talbot effect;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548336
