Digital-to-analog conversion using electrooptic modulators

Author

Yacoubian, Araz ; Das, Pankaj K.

Author_Institution

IPITEK, London, UK

Volume

15

Issue

1

fYear

2003

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

119

Abstract

A photonic implementation of optical digital-to-analog converter is proposed using electrooptic polymer modulators. A 2-bit implementation at low frequencies is experimentally demonstrated at a conversion rate of 80 MS/s which is limited by the bandwidth of the photodetector and its associated electronics. Some of the technical issues that must be overcome to reach our goal of simultaneous high-speed (tens of gigasamples per second) and high-resolution (on the order of 12 bits) performance are discussed.

Keywords

digital-analogue conversion; electro-optical modulation; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical polymers; photodetectors; 2-bit implementation; conversion rate; digital-to-analog conversion; electrooptic modulation; electrooptic modulators; electrooptic polymer modulators; high-resolution performance; high-speed performance; optical digital-to-analog converter; optical polymers; photodetector bandwidth; photonic implementation; Bandwidth; Digital modulation; Digital-analog conversion; Electrooptic modulators; Frequency conversion; High speed optical techniques; Optical frequency conversion; Optical modulation; Optical polymers; Photodetectors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.805844

Filename

1159081