• DocumentCode
    520084
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499644