Tunable optical correlator using an optical frequency comb and a nonlinear multiplexer

Opt Express. 2014 Jan 13;22(1):84-9. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.000084.

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a tunable optical correlator to search for multiple patterns among QPSK symbols. We utilize an optical frequency comb to generate the coherent signals and multiplex them coherently in a single PPLN waveguide. Multiple patterns with different lengths are successfully searched within QPSK symbols in a 40-Gb/s signal.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.