Citation
Tainta Ausejo, Santiago and Erro Betrán, María José and Amaya Ocampo, Waldimar Alexander and Garde Alduncin, María José and Sales, Salvador and Muriel Fernández, Miguel Ángel
(2012).
Periodic time-domain modulation for the electrically tunable control of optical pulse train envelope and repetition rate multiplication.
"IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics", v. 18
(n. 1);
pp. 377-383.
ISSN 1077-260X.
https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2140092.
Abstract
An electrically tunable system for the control of optical pulse sequences is proposed and demonstrated. It is based on the use of an electrooptic modulator for periodic phase modulation followed by a dispersive device to obtain the temporal Talbot effect. The proposed configuration allows for repetition rate multiplication with different multiplication factors and with the simultaneous control of the pulse train envelope by simply changing the electrical signal driving the modulator. Simulated and experimental results for an input optical pulse train of 10 GHz are shown for different multiplication factors and envelope shapes.