All-optical reshaping of light pulses using $\chi^{(2)}$ media
Optics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We have developed a new method based on two cavities containing media to reshape optical pulses by an all-optical technique. The system is entirely passive \emph{i.e.}, all the energy is brought by the incoming pulse and uses two successive optical cavities with independent thresholds. The output pulse is close to a rectangular shape. We show that this technique could be extended to high bit rates and telecommunication wavelength using very small cavities containing current nonlinear materials.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0310033,
title = {All-optical reshaping of light pulses using $\chi^{(2)}$ media},
author = {Kuanshou Zhang and Laurent Longchambon and Thomas Coudreau and Claude Fabre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0310033},
year = {2009}
}