Author
D. E. Leaird, A. M. Weiner, S. Shen, A. Sugita, S. Kamei, H. Yamada, M. Ishii, K. Okamoto
Abstract
Under the proper design conditions, an arrayed waveguide grating is capable of producing high repetition rate pulse trains from a lower rate short pulse source. The temporal intensity profile may be equalized to generate a flat-topped pulse train by tailoring the design of the AWG.