Optical pulse generation by electrooptic-modulation method and its application to integrated ultrashort pulse generators

Author

Murata, Hiroshi ; Morimoto, Akihiro ; Kobayashi, Tetsuro ; Yamamoto, Sadahiko

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Eng. Sci., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

6

Issue

6

fYear

2000

Firstpage

1325

Lastpage

1331

Abstract

We have developed ultrashort pulse generation by the electrooptic modulation method, where continuous-wave laser light of any wavelength can be converted to trains of ultrashort optical pulses with a variable and high repetition frequency by means of an electrooptic phase modulator for the generation of deeply chirped light, and an optical group-delay-dispersion circuit or an optical synthesizer for the compression of the chirped light. Adopting the technologies of domain inversion and guided-wave optics to this electrooptic modulation method, it will be possible to realize integrated ultrashort optical pulse generators.

Keywords

chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; optical planar waveguides; optical pulse compression; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; continuous-wave laser light; deeply chirped light; domain inversion; electro-optic modulation method; guided-wave optics; high repetition frequency; integrated ultrashort pulse generators; optical group-delay-dispersion circuit; optical pulse generation; optical synthesizer; phase modulator; pulse compression; sideband generation; ultrashort optical pulse trains; variable frequency; Chirp modulation; Continuous phase modulation; Electrooptic modulators; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse generation; Pulse modulation; Wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.902186

Filename

902186