2-bit all-optical analog-to-digital conversion by slicing supercontinuum spectrum and switching with nonlinear optical loop mirror and its application to quaternary ASK-to-OOK modulation format converter

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E88-B, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1963-1969

  Oda, Sho Ichiro ^a   Maruta, Akihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical analog to digital conversion; Nonlinear optical loop mirror; Optical coding; Optical quantization; Supercontinuum generation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

ALL-OPTICAL ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION; ASK-TO-OOK MODULATION; OPTICAL CODING; OPTICAL QUANTIZATION; SLICING SUPERCONTINUUM (SC); SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 24144457589     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e88-b.5.1963     Document Type: Conference Paper

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