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High-quality pulse compression in a novel architecture based on a single-mode fiber cascading a nonlinear optical loop mirror

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A novel all-fiber low-pedestal pulse compression scheme is proposed and investigated. The scheme is based on an anomalously dispersive single-mode fiber (SMF) cascading a nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) with another anomalously dispersive SMF in the loop. Numerical results show that excellent pulse compression and pedestal reduction can be achieved by using the proposed scheme.

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  1. School of Electronic Engineering, Dongguan University of Technology, Dongguan, 523808, China

    Yong-zhao Xu  (徐永钊), Jian-xun Song  (宋建勋), Geng Zhang  (张耿), Min-xia Liu  (刘敏霞) & Dong-xiong Ling  (凌东雄)

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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61501118), and the Guangdong Natural Science Fund (No.2014A030310262).

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Xu, Yz., Song, Jx., Zhang, G. et al. High-quality pulse compression in a novel architecture based on a single-mode fiber cascading a nonlinear optical loop mirror. Optoelectron. Lett. 12, 290–293 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-016-6103-5

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