Title :
All-optical incoherent negative taps for photonic signal processing
Author :
Coppinger, F. ; Yegnanarayanan, S. ; Trinh, P.D. ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
fDate :
5/22/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel all-optical technique to realise negative taps in an incoherent fibre optic transversal filter is demonstrated. The concept is based on cross gain modulation in an inhomogeneously broadened laser medium. It overcomes one of the main limitations of optical signal processing
Keywords :
laser beam applications; optical fibre filters; optical frequency conversion; optical information processing; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; all-optical technique; cross gain modulation; incoherent fibre optic filter; incoherent negative taps; inhomogeneously broadened laser medium; optical signal processing; photonic signal processing; transversal filter;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970645
