title: Fiber-optic bipolar tap implementation using an incoherent optical source.
abstract: A fiber-optic bipolar tap implementation is described. The proposed scheme utilizes 2's complement-number representation and digital multiplication by an analog convolution algorithm. Simple experimental verification of the scheme is presented. The addition of programmability to the taps results in the realization of a fast, flexible processor for manipulating binary quantities.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shabeer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andonovic
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Culshaw