Title :
All-optical pulse compression and reshaping by spectral filtering from self-phase modulation in a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Chow, K.K. ; Shu, C. ; Lin, Chinlon ; Bjarklev, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We demonstrated all-optical pulse compression and reshaping by optical filtering from a self-phase modulation-broadened spectrum in a nonlinear photonic crystal fiber. A recirculating configuration is employed to increase the pulse compression efficiency.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical filters; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; photonic crystals; self-phase modulation; all-optical pulse compression; nonlinear photonic crystal fiber; optical filtering; optical pulse reshaping; pulse compression efficiency; recirculating configuration; self-phase modulation; spectral filtering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Filtering; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Photonic crystal fibers; Pulse compression methods; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548955
