Subpicosecond-pulse generation through cross-phase-modulation-induced modulational instability in optical fibers

Opt Lett. 1988 Oct 1;13(10):901-3. doi: 10.1364/ol.13.000901.

Abstract

We report subpicosecond-pulse generation at 1.319 microm in a single-mode optical fiber by modulational instability induced through cross-phase modulation by 1.06-microm pulses propagating in the normal dispersion regime. Pulse-repetition rates approaching 300 GHz were achieved.