Title :
Large Tunable Optical Delays via Self-Phase Modulation and Dispersion
Author :
Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Sharping, Jay E. ; Xu, Chris ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca
Abstract :
We demonstrate continuously tunable delays and advancements of 3.5-ps pulses over a total range of more than 1200 pulsewidths in optical fiber using a combination of nonlinear spectral broadening and filtering.
Keywords :
delays; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical tuning; self-phase modulation; all-optical device; nonlinear spectral broadening; nonlinear spectral filtering; optical fiber; self-phase dispersion; self-phase modulation; time 3.5 ps; tunable optical delay; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452680
