Title :
Width-tunable optical pulse generation based on four-wave mixing in highly-nonlinear fiber
Author :
Yu, C. ; Yan, L.-S. ; Luo, T. ; Wang, Y. ; Pan, Z. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a simple technique for width-tunable pulse generation based on four-wave mixing in highly-nonlinear fiber. By electrically tuning the delay between two pump pulses, the pulse-width of a generated pulse train is continuously tuned.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical tuning; electrical tuning; four-wave mixing; highly-nonlinear fiber; pump pulses; width-tunable optical pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
