Open AccessOptical pulse generation using soliton-assisted time-lens compression
Author(s) -
Marc Hanna,
Pierre-Ambroise Lacourt,
S. Poinsot,
John M. Dudley
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.001743
Subject(s) - optics , pulse compression , materials science , lens (geology) , self phase modulation , pulse (music) , frequency resolved optical gating , pulse shaping , soliton , ultrashort pulse , nonlinear optics , optical fiber , femtosecond pulse shaping , optoelectronics , physics , laser , nonlinear system , telecommunications , computer science , radar , quantum mechanics , detector
A simple, stable, and tunable optical pulse source emitting 3.2 ps pulses at a 10 GHz repetition rate is presented. The pulses are obtained through soliton-assisted time-lens compression in a standard single mode fiber, and are fully characterized by wavelength-conversion frequency-resolved optical gating. The use of nonlinear effects relaxes the constraint of the high driving voltage on the phase modulator usually required in this type of source.