Technique for the measurement of picosecond optical pulses using a non-linear fiber loop mirror and an optical power meter

被引:3
作者
Korai, Umair A. [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Zifei [3 ]
Lacava, Cosimo [4 ]
Chen, Lawrence R. [3 ]
Glesk, Ivan [1 ]
Strain, Michael J. [5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Strathclyde, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Glasgow G1 1XW, Lanark, Scotland
[2] Mehran Univ Engn & Technol, Dept Telecommun Engn, Jamshoro 72060, Pakistan
[3] McGill Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Montreal, PQ H3A 0EP, Canada
[4] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[5] Univ Strathclyde, Inst Photon, Dept Phys, Glasgow G1 1RD, Lanark, Scotland
基金
欧盟地平线“2020”; 加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
CROSS-PHASE-MODULATION; INTERFEROMETRY;
D O I
10.1364/OE.27.006377
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A method for measuring picosecond pulse width by using only fiber components and optical power meters is presented. We have shown that the output power splitting ratio of a non-linear fiber loop mirror can be used to extract the full-width half maximum of the optical pulse, assuming a known slowly varying envelope shape and internal phase structure. Theoretical evaluation was carried out using both self-phase and cross-phase modulation approaches, with the latter showing a twofold sensitivity increase, as expected. In the experimental validation, pulses from an actively fiber mode-locked laser at the repetition rate of 10 GHz were incrementally temporally dispersed by using SMF-28 fiber, and then successfully measured over a pulse width range of 2-10 ps, with a resolution of 0.25 ps. This range can be easily extended from 0.25 to 40 ps by selecting different physical setup parameters. (C) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
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页码:6377 / 6388
页数:12
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