• DocumentCode
    2752717
  • Title

    A systematic approach to generation of arbitrary transfer function based on waveguide couplers

  • Author

    Salehiomran, Ali ; Rochette, Martin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    815
  • Lastpage
    816
  • Abstract
    An ultra-fast all optical arbitrary transfer function generator mainly composed of waveguide couplers is proposed. The theory behind this generator is based on the truncated Fourier series. Here we use this approach for implementation of an optical differentiator.
  • Keywords
    Fourier series; high-speed optical techniques; optical couplers; optical transfer function; optical waveguides; all optical arbitrary transfer function generator; arbitrary transfer function generation; optical differentiator; truncated Fourier series; ultra-fast function generator; waveguide couplers; Adaptive optics; Couplers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Transfer functions; Arbitrary Transfer Function; Optical Differentiator; Waveguide Couplers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110807
  • Filename
    6110807