Scalable 32 channel chirped-pulse WDM source

被引:46
作者
Nuss, MC
Knox, WH
Koren, U
机构
[1] Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJ 0773
关键词
wavelength division multiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; fibre lasers; pulse generators;
D O I
10.1049/el:19960854
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The authors present a novel multifrequency wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) source based on a femtosecond fibre laser. The femtosecond pulses are linearly chirped and stretched in time by propagation through a fibre, so that 32 or more WDM channels can be defined and modulated sequentially in time by a single modulator.
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页码:1311 / 1312
页数:2
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