Abstract: A method for operating a measuring device includes: storing a voltage membership function; assigning a voltage membership degree to a voltage fuzzy set of sufficient buffer voltages; storing an operating parameter membership function; assigning an operating parameter membership degree to an operating parameter fuzzy set of sufficient operating parameter values; determining an operating parameter value and measuring a first buffer voltage at a first time; executing a fuzzy algorithm that involves determining the voltage membership degree of the first buffer voltage using the voltage membership function, determining the operating parameter membership degree of the operating parameter value using the operating parameter membership function, and determining a result membership degree by combining the voltage membership degree and the operating parameter membership degree; and determining a further method step which requires no more than an available energy for a duration of an execution of the method step.

Abstract: Device for modulating the intensity of an optical signal on four levels, this device comprising: a first resonant ring modulator comprising an output port capable of delivering a first modulated optical signal, a second resonant ring modulator comprising an output port capable of delivering a second modulated optical signal, an optical assembler comprising: a first input optically coupled to the output port of the second resonant ring modulator, a second input optically coupled to the output port of the first resonant ring modulator, and an output capable of delivering the optical signal of which the intensity is modulated on four different levels constructed by combining the optical signals received on its first and second inputs.

Abstract: A photonic device for amplitude modulation of an optical signal, in which a source of the optical signal is coupled to an input waveguide separating through an optical splitter into two arms which recombine through an optical combiner in an output waveguide, wherein the arms are phase shifted by ?/2 and each include an electro-optical amplitude modulator. The device may be adapted to modulate a wavelength multiplexed signal.

Abstract: Device for modulating the intensity of an optical signal on four levels, this device comprising: a first resonant ring modulator comprising an output port capable of delivering a first modulated optical signal, a second resonant ring modulator comprising an output port capable of delivering a second modulated optical signal, an optical assembler comprising: a first input optically coupled to the output port of the second resonant ring modulator, a second input optically coupled to the output port of the first resonant ring modulator, and an output capable of delivering the optical signal of which the intensity is modulated on four different levels constructed by combining the optical signals received on its first and second inputs.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device generating a modulation of an optical signal characterized in that the device comprises a first ring resonator modulator including a first waveguide, a first ring waveguide being optically coupled to the first waveguide, and a first control device, and a second ring resonator modulator including a second waveguide, a second ring waveguide being optically coupled to the second waveguide and being independent of the first ring, and a second control device, the device having at least one characteristic that influences the chirp introduced by the device, the characteristics of the device being selected in a manner so as to minimize the absolute value of the chirp introduced by the device.

Abstract: A photonic device for amplitude modulation of an optical signal, in which a source of the optical signal is coupled to an input waveguide separating through an optical splitter into two arms which recombine through an optical combiner in an output waveguide, wherein the arms are phase shifted by ?/2 and each include an electro-optical amplitude modulator. The device may be adapted to modulate a wavelength multiplexed signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device generating a modulation of an optical signal characterised in that the device comprises a first ring resonator modulator including a first waveguide, a first ring waveguide being optically coupled to the first waveguide, and a first control device, and a second ring resonator modulator including a second waveguide, a second ring waveguide being optically coupled to the second waveguide and being independent of the first ring, and a second control device, the device having at least one characteristic that influences the chirp introduced by the device, the characteristics of the device being selected in a manner so as to minimise the absolute value of the chirp introduced by the device.