We propose an approach to generate optical triangular-shaped pulse train with tunable repetition rate using quadrupling radio frequency(RF)modulation and optical grating dispersion-induced power fading.In this work,a ...We propose an approach to generate optical triangular-shaped pulse train with tunable repetition rate using quadrupling radio frequency(RF)modulation and optical grating dispersion-induced power fading.In this work,a piece of chirped fiber Bragg grating(FBG)is employed as the dispersive media to remove the undesired 8th harmonic in optical intensity.Thus,the generated harmonics of optical intensity can be corresponding to the first two Fourier components of typical periodic triangular pulses.This work also analyzes the impacts of the extinction ratio and the bias voltage drift on the harmonic distortion suppression ratio.After that,the value of the extinction ratio and the range of the bias voltage drift can be obtained.The advantage of this proposal is that it can generate high order frequency-multiplexed optical pulses train which can be applied in all optical signal processing and other fields.展开更多
Combining the configurations of collinear and small-angle noncollinear phase-matching,a mid-infrared(MIR) femtosecond optical parametric amplifier(OPA) with extended tunability is proposed and demonstrated.A tuning ra...Combining the configurations of collinear and small-angle noncollinear phase-matching,a mid-infrared(MIR) femtosecond optical parametric amplifier(OPA) with extended tunability is proposed and demonstrated.A tuning range from 2.0 μm to 4.7 μm is demonstrated by a two-stage LiNbO3-based femto-second OPA,which well exceeds the typical tuning range reported so far.MIR femtosecond pulses with energy up to 30 μJ are obtained.展开更多
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds of the Central Universities(No.2015YJS004)
文摘We propose an approach to generate optical triangular-shaped pulse train with tunable repetition rate using quadrupling radio frequency(RF)modulation and optical grating dispersion-induced power fading.In this work,a piece of chirped fiber Bragg grating(FBG)is employed as the dispersive media to remove the undesired 8th harmonic in optical intensity.Thus,the generated harmonics of optical intensity can be corresponding to the first two Fourier components of typical periodic triangular pulses.This work also analyzes the impacts of the extinction ratio and the bias voltage drift on the harmonic distortion suppression ratio.After that,the value of the extinction ratio and the range of the bias voltage drift can be obtained.The advantage of this proposal is that it can generate high order frequency-multiplexed optical pulses train which can be applied in all optical signal processing and other fields.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.60725418 and 60890202)
文摘Combining the configurations of collinear and small-angle noncollinear phase-matching,a mid-infrared(MIR) femtosecond optical parametric amplifier(OPA) with extended tunability is proposed and demonstrated.A tuning range from 2.0 μm to 4.7 μm is demonstrated by a two-stage LiNbO3-based femto-second OPA,which well exceeds the typical tuning range reported so far.MIR femtosecond pulses with energy up to 30 μJ are obtained.
