Title :
All-optical analog-to-digital conversion by slicing supercontinuum spectrum and switching with nonlinear optical loop mirror
Author :
Oda, Sho-Ichiro ; Maruta, Akihiro
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We propose a novel all-optical analog-to-digital conversion scheme consisting of quantization by slicing supercontinuum spectrum and coding by switching pulses with a nonlinear optical loop mirror. The proposed scheme is experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; encoding; mirrors; nonlinear optics; all-optical analog-to-digital conversion; nonlinear optical loop mirror; supercontinuum spectrum slicing; switching pulses; Analog-digital conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Quantization; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192943
