Title :
Experimental demonstration of a 2-stage continuously tunable optical tapped-delay-line in which N+M pump lasers produce N×M taps
Author :
Mohajerin-Ariaei, A. ; Chitgarha, M.R. ; Ziyadi, M. ; Khaleghi, S. ; Almaiman, A. ; Touch, J. ; Tur, Moshe ; Paraschis, L. ; Langrock, C. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a 2-stage continuously tunable optical tapped-delay-line in which N+M pump lasers produce N×M number of taps. A 3×2-taps optical correlator is implemented to search multiple patterns among 20-Gbuad QPSK signals using nonlinearities and coherent comb source.
Keywords :
optical correlation; optical delay lines; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical tuning; quadrature phase shift keying; 2-stage continuous tuning; 20-Gbuad QPSK signals; 3×2-taps optical correlator; N+M pump lasers; coherent comb source; optical tapped-delay-line; Correlators; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
