Tunable coherent IR and FIR sources utilizing modulational instability
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Vol. 16 (7) , 694-697
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jqe.1980.1070554
Abstract
A new tunable coherent infrared (IR) source is presented. It utilizes the sideband produced by modulational instability of an optical signal in a fiber which results from a combination of anomalous dispersion and the nonlinear Kerr effect. The generated frequency is in proportion to the square root of the optical pump signal. A coherent IR signal is generated by extracting the sideband.Keywords
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