摘要:
Optical apparatus (100) for selecting a predetermined item of information from a coherent optical signal (1000) carrying a set of digital data, the said optical apparatus (100) comprising:
an input (10) for the said coherent optical signal (1000); an optical-optical device (20) connected to the said input (10) for propagating the said coherent optical signal (1000), the said optical-optical device (20) being capable of generating a highly incoherent light having a predetermined coherence time and of transferring the said set of digital data carried by the said coherent optical signal (1000) to the said highly incoherent light in such a way as to provide at its output a highly incoherent optical signal (2000) carrying the said set of digital data, an optical beam splitter (30) for cloning the said highly incoherent optical signal (2000) into at least two highly incoherent optical signals, the said optical beam splitter (30) having an input connected to the said optical-optical device (20) and at least two outputs for the said at least two highly incoherent optical signals; at least two optical delay lines (40) connected to the said at least two outputs of the said optical beam splitter (30), the said at least two optical delay lines (40) having different wavelengths from each other, the difference in length between the said at least two optical delay lines (40) being such that the said at least two highly incoherent optical signals are delayed with respect to each other by a predetermined time, the said predetermined time being greater than the said predetermined coherence time of the said highly incoherent optical signal and being chosen in accordance with the said predetermined item of information which is to be selected; an optical coupler (50) with at least two inputs connected to the said at least two optical delay lines (40), and one output, the said coupler being capable of recombining the said at least two highly incoherent optical signals into a single highly incoherent optical output signal (3000) having an intensity which is at a maximum in the presence of the said predetermined item of information which is to be selected.
a) first elementary switching module (2000;4000) which in turn comprises
i) a crystalline element without internal planes of separation and which is (200;400) capable of rotating the plane of polarization of a polarized optical signal by a predetermined angle under the action of an optical control beam (320;310), and ii) a polarization analyzer (20;40) capable of selecting, according to a predetermined plane, the said polarized optical signal issuing from the said crystalline element (200;400),
b) first means for supplying the said polarized optical signal to the said elementary switching module (2000;4000), and c) second means for supplying the said optical control beam (320;310) to the said elementary switching module (2000;4000), in which the said first and second means route at least two different polarized optical signals (1;2;3;4) and at least one optical control beam (320;310) in the said crystalline element (200;400) such that the said at least one control beam (320;310) is substantially collinear with and superimposed on the said at least two polarized optical signals (1;2;3;4).
摘要:
An optical rectangular pulse generator comprising:
An optical coupler for introducing an optical activation pulse (12) into a feedback loop, and for extracting an optical output signal (14) from the feedback loop; an optical amplifier (26) included in the feedback loop, wherein the optical activation pulse communicated to the optical coupler is split by the optical coupler into a leading portion of the optical output signal and a feedback optical signal, the feedback optical signal being amplified by the optical amplifier and transmitted to the optical coupler to sustain the optical output signal beyond termination of the optical activation pulse; and an optical element (28;34,36) included in the feedback loop for surpressing the feedback optical signal in response to receipt of an optical deactivation pulse (16), so that the sustained optical output signal is terminated.
摘要:
An optical device to perform an asynchronous and parallel processing of a N bits serial stream ( y ) of an optical digital signal comprises a) a serial to parallel converter (A) which converts said serial stream ( y ) of N bits into a first parallel pattern ( y ') of N bits carrying the same information as said serial stream ( y ) of N bits; b) optical means (3, 4) to produce, from said parallel pattern ( y ') of N bits, a first two-dimensional (2-D) image ( Y ) made of N rows and M columns ( N x M ) of bits, each column being associated to said digital optical signal by a predetermined relationship; c) means (5, 6, 8, 10) to perform logic operations on the bits of said first 2-D image ( Y ); and d) means to send to an output the results of said logic operations.
a first element (100) capable of supplying a digital optical signal comprising at least one sequence (1000) of N bits modulated by a suitable phase modulation; a series-parallel converter (6) for converting the said at least one sequence (1000) of N bits into a spatial pattern (3000) of N bits in parallel, carrying the same information as the said sequence (1000) of N bits; and a second element (9) capable of carrying out an operation of comparison between the said spatial pattern (3000) of N bits and a predetermined spatial reference pattern of N bits, and of supplying at the output a signal (2000) having an intensity whose value depends on the result of the said comparison operation, in which the said suitable phase modulation is 0/απ, in which 0
摘要:
An optical device (6) for processing an input optical serial sequence (1000) of phase-modulated N-bits having a predetermined one-bit time slot in order to compare said input optical serial sequence (1000) of phase-modulated N-bits with a predetermined sequence of N-bits, said device comprising
a) input means (64) for said input optical serial sequence (1000) of phase-modulated N-bits; b) a first optical element (61; 701) for converting said input optical serial sequence (1000) of phase-modulated N-bits into an optical parallel pattern (3000) of phase-modulated N-bits carrying the same information as said input optical serial sequence (1000) of phase-modulated N-bits; c) a second optical element (616; 619; 62; 704) capable of causing a phase delay of at least one bit of said optical parallel pattern (3000), said phase delay having a preselected value depending on said predetermined N-bits sequence.
an input (23) for a coherent optical signal (1000) carrying a set of digital data; an active waveguide (21) optically connected to the said input (23) for the propagation of the said coherent optical signal (1000), the said active waveguide (21) having a first (211) and a second (212) end and being capable of generating highly incoherent light; a pump source for pumping the said active waveguide (21) and obtaining a predetermined gain; and an output (24), optically connected to the said second end (212) of the said active waveguide (21), for the exclusive output of at least part of the said highly incoherent light; in which the said coherent optical signal (1000) has a power and a wavelength selected in such a way that the said set of digital data which it carries is transferred to the said highly incoherent light during its propagation in the said active waveguide (21).
摘要:
An optical device for processing a digital optical signal in parallel and in free space, the said device comprising:
a) means of input (60, 600) in guided propagation of a digital optical signal (6) comprising at least one temporal series (7a) of n bits; b) means capable of converting the said digital optical signal (6) to a beam of n digital optical signals in guided propagation (1, 2, 3, 4), each comprising at least one temporal series (7a) of n bits; c) means capable of converting the said beam of n digital optical signals in guided propagation (1, 2, 3, 4), each comprising the said at least one temporal series (7a) of n bits, to a beam of n digital optical signals in free space (111, 112, 113 and 114); d) means capable of selecting, in parallel and in free space, a bit preselected from the said at least one temporal series (7a) of n bits of each of the said n digital optical signals (111, 112, 113, 114), so as to transform the said at least one temporal series (7a) of n bits into a spatial figure (7d) of the said n bits which carries the same information as that previously contained in the said at least one temporal series (7a), the said device further comprising e) optical means capable of modifying, in parallel and in free space, at least one bit of the said spatial figure (7d) of the said n bits, the said means being selected by a group comprising means capable of eliminating at least one bit, means capable of inserting at least one bit and means capable of modifying the form of at least one bit, and f) means of output of a processed digital optical signal (900), comprising at least one series of n bits.