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

dc.contributor.author	Kakande, Joseph	en
dc.contributor.author	Slavík, Radan	en
dc.contributor.author	Parmigiani, Francesca	en
dc.contributor.author	Μπόγρης, Αντώνιος	el
dc.contributor.author	Συβρίδης, Δημήτριος	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-18T21:09:16Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05-19
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/10714
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/v5/n12/full/nphoton.2011.254.html	en
dc.subject	ηλεκτρονικά και οπτικά
dc.subject	oπτική επεξεργασία σήματος
dc.subject	παράλληλη εκτέλεση
dc.subject	διαφοροποίηση και δειγματοληψία
dc.subject	σύνθετο φιλτράρισμα
dc.subject	Electron optics
dc.subject	Optical signal processing
dc.subject	parallel execution
dc.subject	modulation and sampling
dc.subject	complex filtering
dc.title	Multilevel quantization of optical phase in a novel coherent parametric mixer architecture	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Τεχνολογία
heal.classification	Ηλεκτρονική
heal.classification	Technology
heal.classification	Electronics
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ηλεκτρονική
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85133147
heal.classificationURI	http://zbw.eu/stw/descriptor/10455-2
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85042227
heal.contributorName	Grüner-Nielsen, L.	en
heal.contributorName	Phelan, Richard	en
heal.contributorName	Πετρόπουλος, Περικλής	el
heal.contributorName	Richardson, David J.	en
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.254
heal.dateAvailable	10000-01-01
heal.language	en
heal.access	forever
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heal.publicationDate	2011
heal.bibliographicCitation	Kakande, J., Slavík, R., Parmigiani, F., Bogris, A., Syvridis, D. et al. (2011) Multilevel quantization of optical phase in a novel coherent parametric mixer architecture. Nature Photonics. [Online] 5, pp.748-752. Available from: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org [Accessed 18/05/2015]	en
heal.abstract	The exponentially increasing capacity demand in information systems will be met by carefully exploiting the complementary strengths of electronics and optics1, 2. Optical signal processing provides simple but powerful pipeline functions that offer high speed, low power, low latency and a route to densely parallel execution3. A number of functions such as modulation and sampling4, 5, 6, 7, complex filtering8 and Fourier transformation9 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.	en
heal.journalName	Nature Photonics	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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