Title :
Adaptive control methods for ultrafast pulse propagation in optical fibers
Author :
Omenetto, Fiorenzo G. ; Reitze, David H. ; Luce, Benjamin P. ; Moores, M.D. ; Taylor, Antoinette J.
Author_Institution :
Condensed Matter & Thermal Phys. Group, Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
Adaptive control in combination with ultrafast pulse shaping provides a compelling approach to harness events that occur on the fastest timescale available. This paper illustrates the application of adaptive pulse shaping to femtosecond pulse propagation at λ=1550 nm in single-mode optical fibers. The approach is illustrated first by through a numerical simulation of the technique. An experimental demonstration is described. The propagation of ~200-fs pulses is successfully achieved in the nonlinear regime by suitably preshaping the input pulse using an adaptive feedback loop
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical feedback; optical fibre theory; optical fibres; optical parametric oscillators; optical pulse shaping; 1550 nm; 200 fs; adaptive control methods; adaptive feedback loop; adaptive pulse shaping; fastest timescale; femtosecond pulse propagation; fs pulse propagation; input pulse; nonlinear regime; numerical simulation; optical fibers; preshaping; single-mode optical fibers; ultrafast pulse propagation; ultrafast pulse shaping; Adaptive control; Adaptive optics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical propagation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse shaping methods; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2002.1016374
