Continuously tunable, from MHz to GHz range, pulse train generation and its dynamic properties

X. You; G. G. Perez-Sanchez; C. Gosset

doi:10.1117/12.2040106

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20 February 2014 Continuously tunable, from MHz to GHz range, pulse train generation and its dynamic properties

X. You, G. G. Perez-Sanchez, C. Gosset

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Proceedings Volume 8964, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications XIII; 89641P (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040106
Event: SPIE LASE, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

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In this work, a method to generate a pulse train based on the strictly negative nonlinear phase shift during the amplification of a dynamic signal in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) in association with frequency filtering is proposed. A 40 ps width pulse train with a huge continuous tunability repetition frequency ranging from 1 MHz to 5 GHz was experimentally demonstrated. The pulse train properties were characterized by methods such as duty cycle tailoring, and SOA injection current variation.

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X. You, G. G. Perez-Sanchez, and C. Gosset "Continuously tunable, from MHz to GHz range, pulse train generation and its dynamic properties", Proc. SPIE 8964, Nonlinear Frequency Generation and Conversion: Materials, Devices, and Applications XIII, 89641P (20 February 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2040106

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