High time-bandwidth product and high repetition rate period signal generation based on spectral hole burning crystal.

Abstract

This paper proposes an approach for the generation of high time-bandwidth product (TBP) and high repetition rate pulse compression period signal. The complex spectral grating is created through a reference pulse and multiple programming pulses with different start frequencies. As the multiple probe chirped pulses with different start frequencies interact with the complex spectral gratings, a high TBP and repetition rate period signal is thus generated. This technique has the potential to generate a time-bandwidth product of 10⁵ when the repetition rate reaches up to tens of GHz. At the end of this paper, two simulation results of pulse compression period signal with 4×10⁵ TBP and 20 GHz repetition rate are presented.