Title :
Amplitude stable spectrum-sliced supercontinuum sources for DWDM applications
Author :
Taccheo, Stefano ; Boivin, L. ; Yan, M.F. ; Wisk, Patrick W. ; Reed, W.A. ; Gripp, J. ; Cloonan, J.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Supercontinuum (SC) generation is a very attractive way to generate broad spectra. In particular spectrum-sliced SC sources at 1.5 /spl mu/m are of potential interest for dense-wavelength-division-multiplexing systems (DWDM) and networks. In this technique an ultrashort pulse seed generates broad coherent spectra by use of the nonlinear effect in an optical fibre. In this paper we report on experimental and theoretical investigation on amplitude stability of SC spectra. We also present and discuss an amplitude stable 40 ch /spl times/10 Gb/s spectrum-sliced SC source for DWDM applications.
Keywords :
light sources; nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical pulse generation; stability; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.5 mum; 10 Gbit/s; DWDM applications; DWDM networks; SC spectra; amplitude stability; amplitude stable Gb/s spectrum-sliced SC source; amplitude stable spectrum-sliced supercontinuum sources; broad coherent spectra; broad spectra generation; dense-wavelength-division-multiplexing; nonlinear effect; optical fibre; spectrum-sliced SC sources; ultrashort pulse seed; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluctuations; Frequency modulation; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6319-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910398
