Title :
Demonstration of a photonic analog-to-digital converter scalable to 40 GS/s with 8-bit resolution
Author :
Grein, Matthew E. ; Spector, Steven J. ; Rao, Hemonth G. ; Lyszczarz, Theodore M. ; Geis, Mike W. ; Lennon, Donna M. ; Yoon, Jung ; Schulein, Robert T. ; Khilo, Anatol ; Kartner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA
Abstract :
An initial system demonstration is shown for a CMOS-compatible optically-sampled analog-to-digital converter with potential to achieve 40 GS/s with 8-10 effective number of bits (ENOB). Using commercial components, 7.6 ENOB has been achieved.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; optical communication equipment; CMOS; ENOB; effective number of bits; photonic analog-to-digital converter; Analog-digital conversion; CMOS technology; Chirp modulation; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Sampling methods; 070.1170 Analog optical signal processing; 250.3140 Integrated optoelectronic circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
