Title :
All-optical quantization using a chalcogenide waveguide: Towards on-chip ultrahigh-bandwidth analog-to-digital conversion
Author :
Pant, Ravi ; Xiong, Chunle ; Madden, Steve ; Davies, Barry Luther ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Center for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We investigate 8-level all-optical quantization by broadening the pulse spectrum in a chalcogenide (As2S3) waveguide, for 8 different power levels, and subsequently slicing the measured spectrum using an array of filters.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; arsenic compounds; optical waveguides; 8-level all-optical quantization; As2S3; chalcogenide waveguide; pulse spectrum broadening; towards on-chip ultrahigh-bandwidth analog-to-digital conversion; Analog-digital conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Pulse measurements; Quantization; Signal processing; Analog-to-digital conversion; Nonlinear optics; Supercontinuum generation; chalcogenide; quantization; waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
