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Abstract
フォトニックネットワークヘの応用を目指した高速信号処理において,アナログ-ディジタル(A/D)変換における標本化・量子化・符号化の操作を光領域で一括処理する必要性があると考えられる.現在,光標本化については,様々な技術が提案されているが,光量子化・光符号化については報告例が少ない.我々はこれまでに,ファイバ内の自己周波数シフトとパルス整形技術を利用することで,光量子化・光符号化を同時に行う超高速光A/D変換を提案してきた.本稿では,提案する超高速A/D変換システムを用いて,平均パワー9.8mW,10.1m,10.3mWの3レベルのアナログ信号強度に対し,それぞれ1.25ps間隔の異なるディジタル信号[100010001],[101010101],[111111111]が得られることを実験的に確認したので報告する.
All-optical analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion is one of key elements for realization of ultra-fast signal processing and application to photonic network. A/D conversion generally consists of three processes of sampling, quantization and coding. Though an optical sampling technique has been proposed and realized, an optical quantization and an optical coding technique has not been realized. Then, we have proposed the ultra-fast all-optical A/D conversion technique for realization of optical quantization and optical coding by use of self-frequency shifting in fiber and a pulse-shaping technique. In this paper, we show the demonstration of ultra-fast all-optical A/D conversion composed of arrayed waveguide grating and variable optical attenuator. Preliminary experimental results show that 3-lebels different digitized signals can be generated.
Journal
- Technical report of IEICE. OFT [List of Volumes]
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Technical report of IEICE. OFT 103(614), 55-60, 2004-01-22 [Table of Contents]
The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
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