Title :
All-Optical UWB Pulse Generation and Pulse Shape Modulation Based on XPM in NOLM
Author :
Hao Huang ; Kun Xu ; Jianqiang Li ; Jian Wu ; Xiaobin Hong ; Jintong Lin
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Opt. Commun. & Lightwave Technol. Minist. of Educ., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A novel scheme is experimentally demonstrated to generate ultra-wide band (UWB) pulses by adopting a nonlinear optical loop mirror. A simple approach to implementing pulse polarity modulation based on this scheme is also proposed.
Keywords :
mirrors; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; pulse modulation; ultra wideband technology; NOLM; XPM; all-optical UWB pulse generation; cross-phase modulation; nonlinear optical loop mirror; pulse polarity modulation; pulse shape modulation; ultra-wide band pulses; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Pulse shaping methods; Shape;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528103
