SELF-SWITCHING OF OPTICAL PULSES IN DISPERSION-IMBALANCED NONLINEAR LOOP MIRRORS

Authors
WONG WS NAMIKI S MARGALIT M HAUS HA IPPEN EP
Citation
Ws. Wong et al., SELF-SWITCHING OF OPTICAL PULSES IN DISPERSION-IMBALANCED NONLINEAR LOOP MIRRORS, Optics letters, 22(15), 1997, pp. 1150-1152
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
15
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1150 - 1152
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:15<1150:SOOPID>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We report a novel nonlinear filter that transmits and shortens inciden t pulses while rejecting cw background as well as resonant continuum. A relative extinction of 22 dB is reported for the cw background. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.