TY - GEN
T1 - Nonlinearly generated advanced pulse waveforms for optical signal processing
AU - Boscolo, Sonia
AU - Finot, Christophe
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Nonlinear phenomena occurring in optical fibres have many attractive features and great, but not yet fully explored potential in signal processing. Here, we review recent progress on the use of fibre nonlinearities for the generation and shaping of optical pulses, and on the applications of advanced pulse waveforms in all-optical signal processing. Among other topics, we will discuss ultrahigh repetition-rate pulse sources, the generation of parabolic-shaped pulses in active and passive fibres, the generation of pulses with triangular temporal profiles, and coherent supercontinuum sources. The signal processing applications will span optical regeneration, linear distortion compensation, optical decision at the receiver in optical communication systems, spectral and temporal signal doubling, and frequency conversion.
AB - Nonlinear phenomena occurring in optical fibres have many attractive features and great, but not yet fully explored potential in signal processing. Here, we review recent progress on the use of fibre nonlinearities for the generation and shaping of optical pulses, and on the applications of advanced pulse waveforms in all-optical signal processing. Among other topics, we will discuss ultrahigh repetition-rate pulse sources, the generation of parabolic-shaped pulses in active and passive fibres, the generation of pulses with triangular temporal profiles, and coherent supercontinuum sources. The signal processing applications will span optical regeneration, linear distortion compensation, optical decision at the receiver in optical communication systems, spectral and temporal signal doubling, and frequency conversion.
KW - all-optical signal processing
KW - nonlinear fibre optics
KW - nonlinear pulse shaping
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UR - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6253925
U2 - 10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253925
DO - 10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253925
M3 - Conference publication
AN - SCOPUS:84867010939
SN - 978-1-4673-2228-7
SN - 978-1-4673-2229-4
T3 - IEEE conference publications
BT - 14th international conference on transparent optical networks
PB - IEEE
T2 - 14th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Y2 - 2 July 2012 through 5 July 2012
ER -