Real time measurement of long parabolic optical similaritons

Christophe Finot (1) , Kamal Hammani (1) , Stéphane Pitois (1) , Julien Fatome (2) , Guy Millot (1)

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
2 SLCO

Long optical similaritons using a Raman fibre amplifier are generated. These pulses, with a highly parabolic profile, are monitored in real time on a high speed oscilloscope. Tunability of both the temporal and spectral widths of the pulses is then investigated.

Mots clés: Raman amplifier; Optical similaritons; Optical amplifier

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Christophe Finot, Kamal Hammani, Stéphane Pitois, Julien Fatome, Guy Millot. Real time measurement of long parabolic optical similaritons. Electronics Letters, 2008, 44 (21), pp.1239-1240. ⟨10.1049/el:20081663⟩. ⟨hal-00406239⟩