Title :
All-optical 2-bit digital-to-analog conversion with a single semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Porzi, C. ; Scaffardi, M. ; Bogoni, A.
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
A cost-effective scheme for realizing all-optical binary-to-quaternary ASK encoding, exploiting only one semiconductor optical amplifier, is proposed and demonstrated. The scheme is suitable for 2-bit photonic digital-to-analog conversion.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; digital-analogue conversion; encoding; integrated optoelectronics; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2-bit DAC; SOA; all-optical 2-bit digital-to-analog conversion; all-optical binary-to-quaternary ASK encoding; semiconductor optical amplifier; Circuits; Digital-analog conversion; Encoding; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical signal processing; Optical variables control; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical binary-to-quaternary ASK encoding; all-optical digital-to-analog conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307785
