Title :
Optical subtraction using nonlinear mixing
Author :
Kibria, Refat ; Austin, Michael W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
A novel technique to achieve subtraction of two optical signals based on Four Wave Mixing is presented. It utilizes the subtraction of idler wavelengths by applying a π/2 radians relative phase shift between pump wavelengths.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical computing; optical pumping; four wave mixing; idler wavelengths; nonlinear mixing; optical signal subtraction; pump wavelengths; relative phase shift; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656609
