Title :
Advanced fibre grating technologies for application in next generation lasers and networks
Author :
Ibsen, Morten ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution :
ORC - University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Abstract :
We review the operating principles and performance of optical pulse processing systems exploiting the powerful combination of Kerr-nonlinearity based optical switches and tailored optical pulses (e.g. square, parabolic and saw-tooth) produced using superstructured fibre Bragg gratings.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Next generation networking; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical signal processing; Pulse shaping methods;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
