• DocumentCode
    2343776
  • Title

    Photonic analog-to-digital conversion

  • Author

    Kitayama, K. ; Ikeda, K. ; Tobioka, H. ; Inoue, T. ; Namiki, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Osaka Univ., Japan
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-27 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    209
  • Lastpage
    210
  • Abstract
    Potentially THz-regime optical quantizing and coding for ultrafast analog-to-digital conversion using fiber-optic nonlinear loop mirror is presented. Emerging applications would be in high bit rate (<40 Gb/s) optical communications. 3-bit AD conversion at 10-Giga-sample-per-second is experimentally demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; mirrors; optical fibre communication; quantisation (signal); fiber-optic nonlinear loop mirror; optical coding; optical quantizing; photonic analog-to-digital conversion; Analog-digital conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical arrays; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Probes; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8981-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1528067
  • Filename
    1528067