Title :
All-optical analog-to-digital converter for photonic networks using multilevel signaling
Author :
Brzozowski, Lukasz ; Sargent, Edward H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
We propose an all-optical analog-to-digital converter that can extract a binary word from a multilevel optical signal during a single bit interval. This optical circuit is constructed using optical limiters whose transmitted power clamps to a fixed maximum level for inputs exceeding a chosen threshold
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; optical fibre networks; optical limiters; all-optical analog-to-digital converter; multilevel signal; optical circuit; optical limiter; photonic network; Analog-digital conversion; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical fiber networks; Optical materials; Optical noise; Optical packet switching; Optical refraction; Optical variables control;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2000 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gdansk
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6337-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2000.874155
