Continuous-wave ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse-train generation through modulational instability in a passive fiber cavity

Authors
Coen, S Haelterman, M
Citation
S. Coen et M. Haelterman, Continuous-wave ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse-train generation through modulational instability in a passive fiber cavity, OPTICS LETT, 26(1), 2001, pp. 39-41
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
39 - 41
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010101)26:1<39:CUPGTM>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Thanks to a passive cavity configuration, modulational instability in fiber s is successfully observed, for the first time to our knowledge, in the con tinuous-wave regime. Our technique provides a new means of generating all-o ptically ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse trains and opens up new possibilit ies for the fundamental study of modulational instability and related pheno mena. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 190.3100, 190.4380, 1 40.4780, 060.7140.