Abstract
We report the first demonstration of pulse compression in optical fiber using linearly chirped Bragg gratings as quadratic compressors for pulses spectrally broadened by self-phase modulation. With the system investigated an initial 2 ps, bandwidth limited pulse is compressed by a factor of >10. The experimental results are found to be in good agreement with analytical and numerical calculations. Such a system allows high quality compression of pulses in optical fiber for the first time.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 491-493 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 1995 |
Keywords
- chirp modulation
- diffraction gratings
- high-speed optical techniques
- optical fibres
- optical modulation
- phase modulation