Title :
Passive Nonlinear Pulse Shaping in Normally Dispersive Fiber Systems
Author :
Boscolo, Sonia ; Latkin, Anton I. ; Turitsyn, Sergei K.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Res. Group, Aston Univ., Birmingham
Abstract :
We propose a novel approach to characterize the parabolically-shaped pulses that can be generated from more conventional pulses via nonlinear propagation in cascaded sections of commercially available normally dispersive (ND) fibers. The impact of the initial pulse chirp on the passive pulse reshaping is examined. We furthermore demonstrate that the combination of pulse pre-chirping and propagation in a single ND fiber yields a simple, passive method for generating various temporal waveforms of practical interest.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse shaping; initial pulse chirp; nonlinear fiber optics; nonlinear pulse propagation; normally dispersive fiber systems; parabolic pulses; passive nonlinear pulse shaping; pulse prechirping; Chirp; Dispersion; Neodymium; Optical propagation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse shaping methods; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultrafast optics; Nonlinear fiber optics; nonlinear pulse propagation; parabolic pulses; passive pulse shaping;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2008.2003494
