Optical Signal Processing Performance Dependence on Non- Ideal MZI Operation in a Tapped-Delay-Line

Authors :: Kaiheng Zou
Fatemeh Alishahi
Alan E. Willner
Ahmad Fallahpour
Huibin Zhou
Moshe Tur
Amir Minoofar
Cong Liu
Jonathan L. Habif
Source :: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Optica Publishing Group, 2021.
Abstract: An optical tapped-delay-line based on a cascade of MZI under non-ideal operation is simulated. The effect of different non-ideal conditions on FIR filtering metrics and analog or digital signal qualities is investigated.

Subjects :: Signal processing
Ideal (set theory)
Mathematics::Commutative Algebra
Cascade
Computer science
Line (geometry)
Electronic engineering
Physics::Optics
Digital signal
Hardware_ARITHMETICANDLOGICSTRUCTURES
Optical filter
Refractive index

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