DocumentCode
1253822
Title
All-optical incoherent negative taps for photonic signal processing
Author
Coppinger, F. ; Yegnanarayanan, S. ; Trinh, P.D. ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Volume
33
Issue
11
fYear
1997
fDate
5/22/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
973
Lastpage
975
Abstract
A novel all-optical technique to realise negative taps in an incoherent fibre optic transversal filter is demonstrated. The concept is based on cross gain modulation in an inhomogeneously broadened laser medium. It overcomes one of the main limitations of optical signal processing
Keywords
laser beam applications; optical fibre filters; optical frequency conversion; optical information processing; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; all-optical technique; cross gain modulation; incoherent fibre optic filter; incoherent negative taps; inhomogeneously broadened laser medium; optical signal processing; photonic signal processing; transversal filter;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19970645
Filename
591595
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