Title :
Integrated optical digital-to-analogue converter and its application to pulse pattern recognition
Author :
Saida, T. ; Okamoto, K. ; Uchiyama, K. ; Takiguchi, K. ; Shibata, T. ; Sugita, A.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., Naka, Japan
fDate :
9/27/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An optical digital-to-analogue converter that enables optical pulse pattern recognition, fabricated on the silica-based planar lightwave circuit, is proposed. The converter features an optical transversal filter with a multimode interference combiner. Various kinds of four-bit pulse patterns at 10 Gbit/s have been successfully recognised with the fabricated converter
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; integrated optics; pattern recognition; 10 Gbit/s; SiO2; integrated optical digital-to-analogue converter; multimode interference combiner; optical pulse pattern recognition; optical transversal filter; silica planar lightwave circuit;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010842
