Title :
All-Optical Pulse-Rate Multiplication Using Fractional Talbot Effect and Field to Intensity Conversion by Cross Gain Modulation
Author :
Atkins, Shimie ; Dahan, David ; Fischer, Baruch
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel
Abstract :
Passive all-optical method for full pulse-rate multiplication, based on the fractional temporal Talbot effect and nonlinear field to intensity conversion by cross gain modulation, is given. In the experiment, the pulse rate was doubled and quadrupled to provide 20-40 GHz pulses.
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8