DocumentCode
1279053
Title
Multiwavelength optical signal processing using multistage ring resonators
Author
Azana, José ; Chen, Lawrence R.
Author_Institution
Photonic Syst. Group, McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
Volume
14
Issue
5
fYear
2002
fDate
5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
654
Lastpage
656
Abstract
We show that all-pass filters based on multistage ring resonators can be used to perform optical signal processing. In particular, using numerical simulations, we demonstrate their use for performing real-time Fourier transformation and for pulse repetition rate multiplication (temporal Talbot effect) simultaneously over multiple wavelength signals.
Keywords
Fourier transform optics; all-pass filters; optical filters; optical information processing; optical resonators; real-time systems; all-pass filters; multiple WDM signals; multiple wavelength signals; multistage ring resonators; multiwavelength optical signal processing; numerical simulations; pulse repetition rate multiplication; real-time Fourier transformation; temporal Talbot effect; Bandwidth; Filtering; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical ring resonators; Optical signal processing; Resonator filters; Signal processing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.998715
Filename
998715
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