All-optical analog-to-digital conversion using split-and-delay technique

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1339-1347

  Miyoshi, Yuji ^a   Ikeda, Kensuke ^a,b   Tobioka, Hideaki ^c   Inoue, Takashi ^a   Namiki, Shu ^d   Kitayama, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^c FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

All optical signal processing; Analog to digital (A D) conversion; Nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM); Sagnac interferometer

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

NONLINEAR OPTICAL LOOP MIRROR; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SPLIT-AND-DELAY TECHNIQUE;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 34250854605     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.895534     Document Type: Article

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