Rate multiplication of a 59-GHz soliton source at 1550 nm

• Published in: Journal of lightwave technology Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 670 - 677
• Main Authors: Serkland, D.K., Bartolini, G.D., Kath, W.L., Kumar, P., Sahakian, A.V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01-04-1998; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Circuit properties; Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Frequency conversion; Integrated optics. Optical fibers and wave guides; Laser mode locking; Optical and optoelectronic circuits; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons; Pulse modulation; Time division multiplexing; Non linear medium; Millimetric wave; Compression; Optical telecommunication; Frequency conversion; Pulse generator; Time division multiplexing; Frequency domain method; Frequency stability; Optical fiber; Optical soliton
• ISSN: 0733-8724; 1558-2213
• DOI: 10.1109/50.664081

We demonstrate an all-optical scheme to multiply the repetition frequency of a high-rate optical pulse train by using a spectral filter to remove unwanted frequency components. A stable 58.5-GHz soliton pulse source at 1542 nm is filtered with a Fahry-Perot interferometer to achieve 117 and 175.5 GWz output pulse trains. This scheme is generally applicable to rate multiplication of mode-locked pulse trains using various types of spectral filters. All-optical rate conversion of continuous pulse trains may find applications in time division multiplexed optical networks at high bit rates, where electronic methods are cumbersome.