Title :
Synthesis of picosecond parabolic pulses formed by a long period fiber grating structure and its application for flat-top supercontinuum generation
Author :
Slavik, R. ; Yongwoo Park ; Tae-Jung Ahn ; Azana, Jose
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Electron. AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
Stable 2.2-ps parabolic pulses are obtained by filtering of 1.3-ps Gaussian pulses with a LPG-based filter. Their subsequent nonlinear propagation in dispersion-shifted fiber resulted in supercontinuum generation with flat spectral response over 20 nm.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical pulse generation; supercontinuum generation; Gaussian pulses; LPG-based filter; dispersion-shifted fiber; flat spectral response; flat-top supercontinuum generation; long period fiber grating structure; nonlinear propagation; picosecond parabolic pulses; time 1.3 ps; time 2.2 ps; Fiber gratings; Filtering; Interferometers; Nonlinear filters; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Supercontinuum generation;
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.2008.4528570
