EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF NONLINEAR PULSE-COMPRESSION IN NONUNIFORMBRAGG GRATINGS

Authors
BRODERICK NGR TAVERNER D RICHARDSON DJ IBSEN M LAMING RI
Citation
Ngr. Broderick et al., EXPERIMENTAL-OBSERVATION OF NONLINEAR PULSE-COMPRESSION IN NONUNIFORMBRAGG GRATINGS, Optics letters, 22(24), 1997, pp. 1837-1839
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
24
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1837 - 1839
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:24<1837:EONPIN>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We demonstrate a scheme for optical pulse compression by cross-phase m odulation that utilizes a nonuniform Bragg grating to work in reflecti on. Our scheme is similar to the conventional optical pushbroom, which works in transmission. This reflection geometry has the advantage of allowing the compressed signal to be observed easily, as it is spatial ly separate from the pump. This is to our knowledge the first nonlinea r effect to be observed that requires a nonuniform grating. (C) 1997 O ptical Society of America.