ULTRAFAST INTENSITY MODULATION BY RAMAN GAIN FOR ALL-OPTICAL IN-FIBERPROCESSING

Authors
BURDGE G ALAM SU GRUDININ A DURKIN M IBSEN M KHRUSHCHEV I WHITE I
Citation
G. Burdge et al., ULTRAFAST INTENSITY MODULATION BY RAMAN GAIN FOR ALL-OPTICAL IN-FIBERPROCESSING, Optics letters, 23(8), 1998, pp. 606-608
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
606 - 608
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:8<606:UIMBRG>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We present experimental results on ultrafast intensity modulation usin g the Raman effect and demonstrate 10-Gbit/s selective pulse erasure. The technique is both broadband and polarization insensitive and has a potential speed in excess of 500 Gbits/s. In addition to performing p ulse erasure, this all-optical modulator can shape pulses as a precise , soft aperture scalpel and create short, dark pulses. (C) 1998 Optica l Society of America.