Open AccessMulti-wavelength synchronous pulse burst generation with a wavelength selective switch
Author(s) -
M.A.F. Roelens,
J. A. Bolger,
David G. Williams,
Benjamin J. Eggleton
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.010152
Subject(s) - optics , pulse (music) , wavelength , pulse shaping , bandwidth limited pulse , femtosecond pulse shaping , fourier transform , materials science , ultrashort pulse , physics , laser , detector , quantum mechanics
We demonstrate simultaneous pulse-shaping at different ports of a rapidly tunable wavelength selective switch at a base rate of 40 GHz, based on Fourier-domain pulse shaping. Various pulse bursts are generated and accurately characterized with a linear spectrographic method.