Title :
Optical signal processing with planar lightwave circuits
Author :
Chen, Lawrence R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We present a summary of our recent work on using lattice-form Mach-Zehnder interferometers implemented using silica-based planar lightwave circuit technology for optical signal processing. In particular, we demonstrate that the same device structure (either based on 6 taps or 12 taps) can be used to perform various signal processing functions ranging from pulse repetition rate multiplication to arbitrary waveform generation.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical information processing; optical planar waveguides; waveform generators; arbitrary waveform generation; lattice-form Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical signal processing; planar lightwave circuits; pulse repetition rate multiplication; silica-based planar lightwave circuit technology; Demultiplexing; Heating; Jacobian matrices; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical mixing; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Information Science, Signal Processing and their Applications (ISSPA), 2012 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0381-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0380-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISSPA.2012.6310511
