Photonic analog-to-digital conversion by distributed phase modulation
2000; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 12; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1109/68.896350
ISSN1941-0174
AutoresMarc Currie, Thomas R. Clark, P.J. Matthews,
Tópico(s)Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
ResumoA photonic analog-to-digital converter with a binary optical output was constructed. The architecture scheme is a pipeline analog-to-digital converter, employing phase modulators and polarization-based optics. The result is a photonic analog signal processor that maps an input analog waveform into a binary output. The operational speed of the conversion is primarily limited by the maximum slew rate of the phase modulators.
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