Cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating scheme based on a periodically poled lithium niobate waveguide for an optical arbitrary waveform measurement

Abstract

This study proposes a novel scheme of a cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating (X-FROG) measurement for an optical arbitrary waveform (OAW) based on the sum frequency generation (SFG) effect of a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguide. Based on the SFG effect and combined with the principal component generalized projects algorithm on a matrix, the theory model of the scheme is established. Using Matlab, the proposed OAW measurement X-FROG scheme using the PPLN waveguide is simulated and studied. Simulation results show that a rectangular pulse is a suitable gate pulse because of its low errors. Moreover, the increased complexity of OAW and phase mismatch decrease measurement accuracy.

Keywords

optical arbitrary waveform (OAW) measurement / periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) / cross-correlation frequency-resolved optical gating (X-FROG)

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Acknowledgements

Related studies were supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61275067), the Natural Science Research Project of Jiangsu University (No. BK2012830) and the open fund of State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (No. 2015GZKF03006).

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