Self-switching of optical pulses in dispersion-imbalanced nonlinear loop mirrors
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 22 (15) , 1150-1152
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.22.001150
Abstract
We report a novel nonlinear filter that transmits and shortens incident pulses while rejecting cw background as well as resonant continuum. A relative extinction of 22 dB is reported for the cw background.Keywords
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