Programmable passive Talbot optical waveform amplifier

We introduce and experimentally demonstrate a new design for passive Talbot amplification of repetitive optical waveforms, in which the gain factor can be electrically reconfigurable. The amplifier setup is composed of an electro-optic phase modulator followed by an optical dispersive medium. In con...

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Published in:Optics express 2018-03, Vol.26 (6), p.6872-6879
Main Authors: Jeon, Jinwoo, Maram, Reza, van Howe, James, Azaña, José
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:We introduce and experimentally demonstrate a new design for passive Talbot amplification of repetitive optical waveforms, in which the gain factor can be electrically reconfigurable. The amplifier setup is composed of an electro-optic phase modulator followed by an optical dispersive medium. In contrast to conventional Talbot amplification, here we achieve different amplification factors by using combinations of fixed dispersion and programmable temporal phase modulation. To validate the new design, we experimentally show tunable, passive amplification of picosecond optical pulses with gain factors from m = 2 to 30 using a fixed dispersive line (a linearly chirped fiber Bragg grating).
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.26.006872