par Leo, François ;Mussot, Arnaud;Kockaert, Pascal ;Taki, Majid;Louvergneaux, Eric;Emplit, Philippe ;Haelterman, Marc
Référence (December 27-28, 2008: University of Twente, Twente, The Netherlands), Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/LEOS Symposium Benelux Chapter, page (19-22)
Publication Publié, 2008
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Résumé : We use the modulational instability regime of a passive optical fiber cavity to generate trains of pulses. The repetition rate of such trains is inversely proportional to the group velocity dispersion (GVD) of the fiber cavity. Using a dispersion shifted fiber (DSF), it was possible to work with a GVD coefficient as low as -0.02ps2/km. This allowed for the measurement of a pulse train with a 1.5THz repetition rate. The characterization of this train was performed in the spectral and in the temporal domains. This clearly demonstrates that optical passive fiber cavities can be used as sources of pulse-trains at a repetition rate above 1THz.