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Optical pulse compression and amplitude noise reduction using a non-linear optical loop mirror including a distributed Gires–Tournois etalon
Autor
BALDEMAR IBARRA ESCAMILLA
EVGENY KUZIN
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Acceso Abierto
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Resumen o descripción
We propose and analyse numerically a novel dispersion-imbalanced non-linear optical loop mirror (NOLM) scheme allowing simultaneous compression and amplitude noise reduction of chirped ultrashort-pulsed signals. An all-fibre distributed Gires–Tournois etalon (DGTE) made of two uniform fibre Bragg gratings is inserted asymmetrically in the loop, and is used both to dispersion imbalance the NOLM and to compress the pulses. The results show that the output pulses are accompanied by side lobes, which originate from the no-uniformity of the DGTE dispersion spectrum. We analyse the formation of these side lobes and show that, in the case of highly chirped input pulses, side lobes are strongly reduced by the NOLM architecture. In this case, the device operates well even when the signal optical spectrum extends over an entire free spectral range of the DGTE. We believe that this work will be useful for the design of all-optical regeneration schemes for highly chirped data streams in optical transmission systems.
Editor
Optics
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Laser Technology
Fecha de publicación
2010
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Laser Technology. Vol. 42(7):1103–1111
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Sugerencia de citación
González García, A., et al., (2010). Optical pulse compression and amplitude noise reduction using a non-linear optical loop mirror including a distributed Gires–Tournois etalon, Optics
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Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
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