OPTICAL TIME-TO-SPACE CONVERTER

Authors
BOFFI P PIETRALUNGA S MARTINELLI M
Citation
P. Boffi et al., OPTICAL TIME-TO-SPACE CONVERTER, Optics communications, 123(4-6), 1996, pp. 473-476
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
123
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
473 - 476
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1996)123:4-6<473:OTC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
An all-optical converter which translates binary time-coded words of a 1550 nm communication signal into equivalent space-coded ones has bee n realized in free-propagation. The conversion is performed by means o f optical gates realized using CdTe:In crystals. The device constitute s an input stage for free-space optical signal processing. Architectur e, components and experimental results are reported.