Switching-Wavelength Pulsed Source and Its Applications in Parallel Processing of High-Speed Signals

Chester SHU
Ka-Lun LEE
Mable P. FOK

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E90-C    No.2    pp.397-404
Publication Date: 2007/02/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1353
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e90-c.2.397
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Evolution of Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Photonics Technology)
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Keyword: 
multi-wavelength pulses,  semiconductor laser,  dispersion management,  photonic analog-to-digital converter,  wavelength multicast,  serial-to-parallel converter,  

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Summary: 
We report the generation of time- and wavelength-interleaved optical pulses using the principle of sub-harmonic pulse gating in a dispersion-managed fiber cavity. The pulsed source has been applied to the processing of electrical and optical signals including analog-to-digital conversion, wavelength multicast, and serial-to-parallel optical data conversion.