• DocumentCode
    782550
  • Title

    Compression of picosecond pulses, generated by an electroabsorption modulator, in negative dispersion fibres

  • Author

    Brindel, P. ; Hamaide, J.P. ; Landais, S. ; Starck, C. ; Provost, J.G. ; Lesterlin, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    5/11/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    817
  • Lastpage
    819
  • Abstract
    Optical pulses generated by an electroabsorption modulator are experimentally compressed in various negative-dispersion fibres. Theoretical and experimental pulsewidth evolutions are shown to be in excellent agreement when the voltage-dependent transmission and chirp functions are taken into account
  • Keywords
    electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical solitons; chirp functions; electroabsorption modulator; negative dispersion fibres; optical pulses; picosecond pulse compression; pulsewidth evolutions; soliton transmission; voltage-dependent transmission functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19950539
  • Filename
    386924