• DocumentCode
    1875789
  • Title

    All-optical analog-to-digital conversion by slicing supercontinuum spectrum and switching with nonlinear optical loop mirror

  • Author

    Oda, Sho-Ichiro ; Maruta, Akihiro

  • Author_Institution
    Graduate Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    We propose a novel all-optical analog-to-digital conversion scheme consisting of quantization by slicing supercontinuum spectrum and coding by switching pulses with a nonlinear optical loop mirror. The proposed scheme is experimentally demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    analogue-digital conversion; encoding; mirrors; nonlinear optics; all-optical analog-to-digital conversion; nonlinear optical loop mirror; supercontinuum spectrum slicing; switching pulses; Analog-digital conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Quantization; Radio frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192943
  • Filename
    1501481