Generation of parabolic pulses and applications for optical telecommunications

Christophe Finot (1) , John M. Dudley (2) , D.J. Richardson (3) , Guy Millot (1)

1 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
2 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
3 Optoelectronics Research Centre

Parabolic pulses in optical fibers have stimulated an increasing number of applications. We review here the physics underlying the generation of such self-similar pulses as well as the results obtained in a wide-range of passive or active experimental configurations.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Christophe Finot, John M. Dudley, D.J. Richardson, Guy Millot. Generation of parabolic pulses and applications for optical telecommunications. 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Network, Jun 2009, Ponta Delgada, Portugal. pp.Tu.D1.5, ⟨10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185133⟩. ⟨hal-00470022⟩