Title :
Estimating intensity fluctuations in high repetition rate pulse trains generated using the temporal Talbot effect
Author :
Pudo, Dominik ; Chen, Lawrence R.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Syst. Group, McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
fDate :
3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We derive the upper limit of the peak intensity fluctuations for high repetition rate pulse trains generated using the fractional temporal Talbot effect for pulse repetition rate multiplication. Our analysis is general, can be applied to any input pulse shape, and can be used as a design tool to determine the input pulsewidth that will minimize the output amplitude fluctuations for a given multiplication rate.
Keywords :
Talbot effect; fluctuations; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; amplitude fluctuations; high repetition rate pulse trains; input pulse shape; input pulsewidth; intensity fluctuations; optical pulse generation; pulse repetition rate multiplication; temporal Talbot effect; Dispersion; Fluctuations; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Signal analysis; Space vector pulse width modulation; Talbot effect; Optical pulse generation; pulse repetition rate multiplication (PRRM); temporal Talbot effect;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.870085
