title: Simple pulse compression scheme based on filtering self-phase modulation-broadened spectrum and its application in an optical time-division multiplexing system.
abstract: We propose a simple and stable pulse compression scheme based on a filtering self-phase modulation broadened spectrum in a highly nonlinear fiber. It is found experimentally that under offset filtering the compressed pulse has a better quality compared with center filtering, such as a no pulse pedestal. Furthermore, numerical simulations reveal that the scheme has the potential to improve the pulse extinction ratio during compression. Finally, based on the obtained pulse train the 4 x 10 Gbits/s optical time-division multiplexing system is studied for verification of the high pulse quality. The compression scheme has the advantages of simple configuration, being pedestal-free, and having a high pulse extinction ratio.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. yyf02@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yanfu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Caiyun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.forename: Hongbo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jiajun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yizhi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao