| CPC G01J 3/12 (2013.01) [G01J 11/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/67 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |

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1. An optical signal detection system comprising:
a nonlinear converter that nonlinearly converts a plurality of first optical signals into a plurality of second optical signals, and also a third optical signal into a fourth optical signal, the plurality of first optical signals being predetermined and different from each other in at least one of temporal waveform, intensity, amplitude, or phase;
a spectrometer that obtains each of a plurality of first spectral data items from a different one of the plurality of second optical signals, and also a third spectral data item from the fourth optical signal; and
a detection device that detects the third optical signal and outputs a detection result, wherein
the detection device includes:
an analyzer that performs sparse principal component analysis on the plurality of first spectral data items to generate a plurality of second spectral data items, each of the plurality of second spectral data items having less frequency components than a corresponding one of the plurality of first spectral data items; and
a detector that compares the third spectral data item with each of the plurality of second spectral data items, and detects the third optical signal based on a result of the comparison.
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