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Multilevel quantization of optical phase in a novel coherent parametric mixer architecture

Multilevel quantization of optical phase in a novel coherent parametric mixer architecture
Multilevel quantization of optical phase in a novel coherent parametric mixer architecture
The exponentially increasing capacity demand in information systems will be met by carefully exploiting the complementary strengths of electronics and optics. Optical signal processing provides simple but powerful pipeline functions that offer high speed, low power, low latency and a route to densely parallel execution. A number of functions such as modulation and sampling, complex filtering and Fourier transformation have already been demonstrated. However, the key functionality of all-optical quantization has still not been addressed effectively. Here, we report an all-optical signal processing architecture that enables, for the first time, multilevel all-optical quantization of phase-encoded optical signals. A four-wave mixing process is used to generate a comb of phase harmonics of the input signal, and a two-pump parametric process to coherently combine a selected harmonic with the input signal, realizing phase quantization. We experimentally demonstrate operation up to six levels.
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Kakande, Joseph
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Slavík, Radan
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Kakande, Joseph, Slavík, Radan, Parmigiani, Francesca, Bogris, Adonis, Syvridis, Dimitris, Grüner-Nielsen, Lars, Phelan, Richard, Petropoulos, Periklis and Richardson, David J. (2011) Multilevel quantization of optical phase in a novel coherent parametric mixer architecture. Nature Photonics, 5, 748-752. (doi:10.1038/nphoton.2011.254).

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The exponentially increasing capacity demand in information systems will be met by carefully exploiting the complementary strengths of electronics and optics. Optical signal processing provides simple but powerful pipeline functions that offer high speed, low power, low latency and a route to densely parallel execution. A number of functions such as modulation and sampling, complex filtering and Fourier transformation have already been demonstrated. However, the key functionality of all-optical quantization has still not been addressed effectively. Here, we report an all-optical signal processing architecture that enables, for the first time, multilevel all-optical quantization of phase-encoded optical signals. A four-wave mixing process is used to generate a comb of phase harmonics of the input signal, and a two-pump parametric process to coherently combine a selected harmonic with the input signal, realizing phase quantization. We experimentally demonstrate operation up to six levels.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 9 October 2011
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 201065
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/201065
ISSN: 1749-4885
PURE UUID: d4d265b0-625a-4f56-886f-cd3e4dc071f3
ORCID for Radan Slavík: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9336-4262
ORCID for Francesca Parmigiani: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7784-2829
ORCID for Periklis Petropoulos: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1576-8034
ORCID for David J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 27 Oct 2011 13:43
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:32

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Author: Joseph Kakande
Author: Radan Slavík ORCID iD
Author: Francesca Parmigiani ORCID iD
Author: Adonis Bogris
Author: Dimitris Syvridis
Author: Lars Grüner-Nielsen
Author: Richard Phelan

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