Title :
Fine (≪0.5 ps) and course tuning (≫15 ps) of optical delays using acousto-optic mixing with a 1-pm tunable laser
Author :
Nuccio, S.R. ; Yilmaz, O.F. ; Wu, X. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new technique for fine tuning of optical delays using cascaded acousto-optic modulators. A 256-ns delay with <0.5-ps resolution is shown for 40-Gb/s RZ-OOK with no system penalty.
Keywords :
acousto-optical modulation; optical delay lines; 1-pm tunable laser; acousto-optic mixing; optical delays; Laser tuning; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical tuning; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Quantum cascade lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; (070.1060) Acousto-optical signal processing; (070.4340) Nonlinear optical signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
