DocumentCode
1540502
Title
Integrated optical digital-to-analogue converter and its application to pulse pattern recognition
Author
Saida, T. ; Okamoto, K. ; Uchiyama, K. ; Takiguchi, K. ; Shibata, T. ; Sugita, A.
Author_Institution
NTT Photonics Labs., Naka, Japan
Volume
37
Issue
20
fYear
2001
fDate
9/27/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1237
Lastpage
1238
Abstract
An optical digital-to-analogue converter that enables optical pulse pattern recognition, fabricated on the silica-based planar lightwave circuit, is proposed. The converter features an optical transversal filter with a multimode interference combiner. Various kinds of four-bit pulse patterns at 10 Gbit/s have been successfully recognised with the fabricated converter
Keywords
analogue-digital conversion; integrated optics; pattern recognition; 10 Gbit/s; SiO2; integrated optical digital-to-analogue converter; multimode interference combiner; optical pulse pattern recognition; optical transversal filter; silica planar lightwave circuit;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20010842
Filename
956678
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