DocumentCode
3193022
Title
An Interferometer-based Optoelectronic Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Author
Leven, Andreas ; Lin, Jie ; Kondratko, Peter ; Koc, UtVa ; Lee, Jaesik ; Tu, Kun-Yii ; Baeyens, Yves ; Chen, Y.K.
Author_Institution
Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, 600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ 07933
fYear
2005
fDate
12-14 Oct. 2005
Firstpage
73
Lastpage
76
Abstract
A novel optoelectronic arbitrary waveform generator using high-speed optical phase modulators in an interferometric configuration is proposed. In our approach, optical and electrical techniques are combined to achieve the best overall performance. This technique has the potential to generate high resolution (8 bits and higher) waveforms with bandwidth up to 10 GHz and beyond. Using commercially available components we demonstrate a 12.5 GSample/s digital-to-analog converter with 5.5 effective bits up to Nyquist.
Keywords
High speed optical techniques; Laser mode locking; Optical control; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Phase modulation; Phase shifters; Signal generators; Voltage control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Photonics, 2005. MWP 2005. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN
89-950043-3-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWP.2005.203543
Filename
1590271
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