Fig. 2. Operation principle of the CVOCA.
Consisting of the experimental setup (right panel) and the corresponding signal flow of the complex-valued convolution process (left panel). The arrows denote phasors in the complex-valued plane. a The generation of synthetic wavelengths via utilizing two sets of wavelengths in the process of comb shaping. b The discrete complex-valued data used for modulating the synthetic wavelengths. c The process of complex-valued convolution calculation in the fiber transmission. d The output results after photoelectric detection. CW Pump: continues-wave pump laser. EDFA, erbium doped fibre amplifier. MRR, micro-ring resonator. CVEOM, complex-valued electro-optical modulator. PD, photodetection.