• DocumentCode
    2794275
  • Title

    Pulse broadening or compression in fast-light pulse propagation through an erbium-doped fiber amplifier

  • Author

    Shin, Heedeuk ; Schweinsberg, Aaron ; Gehring, George ; Schwertz, Katie ; Chang, Hye Jeong ; Park, Q-Han ; Gauthier, Daniel J. ; Boyd, Robert W.

  • Author_Institution
    The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, New York 14627 USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Pulse broadening or compression in an Er3+-doped fiber amplifier is observed, and explained by gain recovery and pulse spectrum broadening effects. Maximal pulse advancement and minimal pulse distortion are obtained by optimizing these competing effects.
  • Keywords
    Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Metastasis; Optical distortion; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431754
  • Filename
    4431754