Title :
Coherent optical fibre delay-line processor
Author :
Jackson, K.P. ; Xiao, Guoging ; Shaw, H.J.
Author_Institution :
Stanford University, Edward L. Ginzton Laboratories, Stanford, USA
Abstract :
The operation of an optical fibre tapped delay line with a long coherence length source is described. Optical phase is retained; thus the system can perform bipolar (or in general complex-valued) signal processing operations. Experimental results are presented that illustrate the operating characteristics and capabilities of the system for simple time-domain processing operations.
Keywords :
delay lines; optical fibres; optical information processing; long coherence length source; operating characteristics; optical fibre delay-line processor; optical phase; signal processing operations; time-domain processing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860918
