Title :
Demonstration of a 10 GHz CMOS-compatible integrated photonic analog-to-digital converter
Author :
Grein, Matthew E. ; Spector, Steven J. ; Khilo, Anatol ; Najadmalayeri, Amir H. ; Sander, Michelle Y. ; Peng, Michael ; Wang, Jade ; Sorace, Cheryl M. ; Geis, Michael W. ; Willis, Matthew M. ; Lennon, Donna M. ; Lyszczarz, Theodore M. ; Ippen, Erich P. ;
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate two fully-functional channels of a real-time photonic ADC using mostly CMOS-compatible devices to optically sample and electronically digitize a 10-GHz RF signal with 37.9 dB SNR (6.0 ENOB) with a 1 GHz optical pulse train.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; integrated optics; optical pulse generation; 6.0 ENOB; CMOS compatible devices; RF signal; SNR; frequency 1 GHz; frequency 10 GHz; integrated photonic analog to digital converter; optical pulse train; Integrated optics; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
