Title :
All-Optical Sampling System using Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirror with Soliton Self-Frequency Shifted Control Pulses
Author :
Kwok, C.H. ; Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Lin, Chinlon
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronic Engineering and Center for Advanced Research in Photonics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong E-mail: chkwok@ee.cuhk.edu.hk
Abstract :
We have demonstrated all-optical sampling using nonlinear loop-mirror and soliton self-frequency shifted control pulses at 1600-nm obtained from a figure-8 laser. A 10-GHz picosecond pulse train is successfully sampled and its pulse shape is characterized.
Keywords :
Control systems; Mirrors; Nonlinear control systems; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Sampling methods; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569734