1st Edition

Photonic Signal Processing Techniques and Applications

By Le Nguyen Binh Copyright 2008
380 Pages 204 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The potential of photonic signal processing (PSP) to overcome electronic limits for processing ultra-wideband signals, provide signal conditioning that can be integrated in line with fiber optic systems, and improve signal quality makes this technology extremely attractive for improvement in receiver sensitivity performance. Spanning the current transitional period, Photonic Signal Processing:... Read more

Principal Photonic Devices for Processing


Optical Fiber Communications
Photonic Signal Processors
Optical Monitors
Incoherence and Coherence in Photonic Signal Processing
Introduction
Incoherent Fiber-Optic Signal Processing
Coherent Integrated-Optic Signal Processing
Summary

Photonic Computing Processor


Incoherent Fiber-Optic Systolic Array Processors
Programmable Incoherent Newton-Cotes Optical Integrator
Higher-Derivative FIR Optical Differentiators
Appendix A: Generalized Theory of Newton-Cotes Digital Integrators

Ultra-Short Pulse Photonic Generator


Optical Dark-Solution Generator and Detectors
Mode-Locked Ultra-Short Pulse Generators

Dispersion Compensation Using Photonic Filters


Introductory Remarks
Dispersion Compensation Using Optical Resonators
Eigenfilter Design for Dispersion Compensation

Tunable Optical Filters


Introduction
Basic Structures of Tunable Optical Filters
Appendix: Fundamental Characteristics of Recursive Digital Filters

Biography

Le Nguyen Binh