All-Optical Signal Processing Based on Self-Induced Polarization Control in Optical Fibers

Signal Processing in Optical Fibers

This paper addresses some of the fundamental problems which have to be solved in order for optical networks to utilize the full bandwidth of optical fibers. It discusses some of the premises for signal processing in optical fibers. It gives a short historical comparison between the development of transmission techniques for radio and microwaves to that of optical fibers. There is also a discuss...

All-optical Microwave Signal Processing

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I would like to express my great gratitude to my thesis advisor, Professor Jianping Yao, for providing me with excellent research environment, valuable directions and delicate guidance throughout this research work. His meticulous scholarship impresses me. His great passion towards scientific research work inspires me to work hard. His rich knowledge has made him ...

Polarization Control and Measurements for Optical Fibers

Polarization - Insensitive Techniques for Optical Signal Processing

Title of Thesis: POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE TECHNIQUES FOR OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING Degree candidate: Reza Salem Degree and year: Doctor of Philosophy, 2006 Thesis directed by: Professor Thomas E. Murphy Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering This thesis investigates polarization-insensitive methods for optical signal processing. Two signal processing techniques are studied: clock rec...

Polarization Losses in Optical Fibers

Very long span optical communications are mainly limited by the chromatic dispersion (CD) or group velocity dispersion (GVD), fiber nonlinearities, and optical amplifier noise (Agrawal 2005). Different frequencies of a pulse travel with their own velocities, which involves a pulse spreading. In a fiber-optic communication system, information is transmitted within a fiber by using a coded sequen...