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Title: | Switchable UWB pulse generation using a polarization maintaining fiber Bragg grating as frequency discriminator | Authors: | Feng, X Li, Z Guan, BO Lu, C Tam, HY Wai, PKA |
Issue Date: | 15-Feb-2010 | Source: | Optics express, 15 Feb. 2010, v. 18, no. 4, p. 3643-3648 | Abstract: | We propose and successfully demonstrate a novel approach to optically generate ultrawideband (UWB) pulse with switchable shape and polarity by using a polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg grating (PM-FBG) as frequency discriminator. Depending on the shape of the reflective spectrum of the PM-FBG, the system can function as a first- or second-order differentiator for the generation of Gaussian UWB monocycle or doublet pulses. Consequently, the shape and the polarity of the generated UWB pulse can be switched by simple adjustment of a polarization controller (PC). Gaussian monocycle and doublet pulses were successfully obtained with fractional bandwidths of about 188% and 152%, respectively. Higher-order UWB pulses with spectrum covering from 2.9 GHz to 9.8 GHz have also been obtained through adjustment of the PC. | Keywords: | Discriminators Fiber Bragg gratings Fiber optic components Fiber optic sensors Polarization |
Publisher: | Optical Society of America | Journal: | Optics express | EISSN: | 1094-4087 | DOI: | 10.1364/OE.18.003643 | Rights: | © 2010 Optical Society of America. This paper was published in Applied Optics and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-4-3643. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law. |
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