Efficiency enhancement of components based on talbot effect

Two ways to improve efficiency of components based on Talbot effect are considered in the present paper. One way is based on optimization of waveguide wall impedance, another one consists in modification of waveguide cross-section shape. Both methods allow correction of waveguide modes spectrum and lead to efficiency enhancement. For the important application of Talbot effect-remote steering antenna of a wavebeam in plasma-the steering band is expanded by 40-50%. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Efficiency enhancement of components based on Talbot effect

Two ways to increase efficiency of components based on Talbot effect are considered: optimization of waveguide wall impedance and corrections of waveguide cross-section. It is shown that for many cases undesired scattering losses can be made several times less than that for usual cases of infinite of zero impedance and rectangular waveguide cross-section.

Ultrafast all-optical Nth-order differentiator and simultaneous repetition-rate multiplier of periodic pulse train

The letter presents a technique for Nth-order differentiation of periodic pulse train, which can simultaneously multiply the input repetition rate. This approach uses a single linearly chirped apodized fiber Bragg grating, which grating profile is designed to map the spectral response of the Nth-order differentiator, and the chirp introduces a dispersion that, besides space-to-frequency mapping, it also causes a temporal Talbot effect.