Title :
Generation of 10-GHz similariton pulses using erbium-doped fiber amplifiers for application to multiwavelength sources
Author :
Ozeki, Yasuyuki ; Takushima, Yuichi ; Taira, Kenji ; Kikuchi, Kazuro
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a 10-GHz ´similariton´ source using a 1.2 km-long erbium-doped fiber amplifier. The spectrum-sliced pulse of the broadband similariton exhibits excellent noise performance owing to the flat spectrum.
Keywords :
Q-factor; erbium; light sources; microwave photonics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical noise; optical pulse generation; spectral line broadening; 1.2 km; 10 GHz; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; multiwavelength sources; similariton pulses; spectrum-sliced pulse;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
