УДК: 535.2, 535.4

The transmission of 45 bits of information by a pair of interfering femtosecond pulses with superwide spectra

Tsypkin, A.N., Putilin, S.E., Melnik, M.V., Klykov, S.S., Kozlov, S.A.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Цыпкин А.Н, Путилин С.Э., Мельник М.В., Клыков С.С., Козлов С.А. Передача 45 бит информации парой интерферирующих фемтосекундных импульсов со сверхширокими спектрами // Оптический журнал. 2013. Т. 80. № 7. С. 78–82.

Tsypkin A.N., Putilin S.E., Melnik M.V., Klykov S.S., Kozlov S.A. The transmission of 45 bits of information by a pair of interfering femtosecond pulses with superwide spectra [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2013. V. 80. № 7. P. 78–82.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. N. Tsypkin, S. É. Putilin, M. V. Mel’nik, S. A. Kozlov, and S. S. Klykov, "The transmission of 45 bits of information by a pair of interfering femtosecond pulses with superwide spectra," Journal of Optical Technology. 80(7), 466-469 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.80.000466

Abstract:

It has been experimentally demonstrated that 45 bits of information can be optically recorded and transmitted by one quasi-discrete spectral supercontinuum, formed when two femtosecond pulses with superwide spectra interfere with a time delay between them less than the width of each pulse.

Keywords:

femtosecond pulse, spectral supercontinuum, coherence time, Michelson interferometer, information recording, information transmission

Acknowledgements:

The authors are grateful to Doctor of Physicomathematical Sciences Victor Sergeevich Shevandin for providing the MS-38 microstructured fiber.
This work was carried out with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, Contract Nos. 14.B37.21.0248, 14.132.21.1392, 14.B37.21.0907, Grant Nos. 16.740.11.0459 and Russian Foundation for Basic Research No. 12-02-31633.

OCIS codes: 190.7110, 200.3050

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