Optical Predistortion Enabling Phase Preservation in Optical Signal Processing Demonstrated in FWM-Based Amplitude Limiter

MEMS-based optical limiter.

We propose the design of an optical limiter based on a microelectromechanical systems deformable mirror. The design is based on aperturing focused light reflected out of an optically driven deformable mirror, deformed in a parabolic form. We derive an expression for the reflected light intensity, and we show that the reflected light saturates as a function of back illumination light intensity.

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...

Phase-Sensitive Parametric Signal Processing in Optical Communications

This thesis covers the analysis of several schemes for parametric processing in fiberoptic communication systems, focusing mainly on phase-sensitive processing. Vector phase-sensitive amplifiers are characterized and phase regeneration of a dualpolarization (DP)-binary phase-shift keying signal (BPSK) signal is experimentally demonstrated. Theoretically, the requirements for achieving polarizat...

Optical Signal Processing

he student engineer who wishes ultimately to pursue R&D is well-advised to have a thorough grounding in fundamental topics, e.g., linear and non-linear systems. Bradley Boone has published a textbook in optical signal processing that commendably leads the student from fundamental mathematical foundations to the fundamentals of physical optics, to relevant optical devices, all the way to specifi...

Optical Signal Processing: Data Exchange