Patent ID: 6892015
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: G02B,G02F,H01S,H04B

Abstract:
1. An optical pulse waveform converter, comprising: an optical pulse input port configured to receive an input optical pulse; a nonlinear optical element configured to broaden a wavelength content of an optical pulse routed through said nonlinear optical element; a dispersive optical element separate from said nonlinear optical element and configured to modify a temporal profile of an optical pulse routed through said dispersive optical element; a wavelength selecting optical element configured to pass selected wavelength components of an optical pulse routed through said wavelength selecting optical element; and an optical pulse output port configured to output an optical pulse comprising different optical characteristics than said input optical pulse, wherein the non-linear optical element, the dispersive optical element, and the wavelength selecting optical element connect the optical pulse input port to the optical pulse output port, and the non-linear optical element, the dispersive optical element, and the wavelength selecting optical element are directly connected to one another according to one of a plurality of predetermined arrangements.