Title :
Theory of linearly chirped quasi-parabolic ultrashort pulses from coherent nonlinear optical amplifiers
Author :
Wabnitz, Stefan ; Kozlov, Victor V.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Inf., Univ.´´ di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Abstract :
Optical pulse reshaping in nonlinear coherent two-level amplifiers may lead to time-compressed, quasi-parabolic intensity profiles with linear chirp. Nonlinear coherent amplifiers may generate pulses with spectral width larger than the linear gain bandwidth.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pulse shaping; coherent nonlinear optical amplifiers; linear gain bandwidth; linearly chirped quasi-parabolic ultrashort pulses; nonlinear coherent amplifiers; nonlinear coherent two-level amplifiers; optical pulse reshaping; quasi-parabolic intensity profiles; spectral width; Bandwidth; Chirp; Dispersion; Equations; Gain; Mathematical model; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621499
