Optical switching matrix as time domain demultiplexer in photonic ADC

Author

Pierno, L. ; Fiorello, A.M. ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Ghelfi, P. ; Laghezza, F. ; Scotti, F. ; Pinna, Sergio

Author_Institution

Photonics Design, Selex Electron. Syst., Rome, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

A high speed switching matrix has been developed as a cascade of MZM modulators in LiNbO3. The design of the device has been optimized to reduce the switching power drive and the optical power stability with a Bias control loop system. It has been employed in a wideband photonic ADC as a demultiplexer for the optical pulses generated by a MLL. A low pulse to pulse crosstalk has been achieved and the operation of the photonic ADC has been demonstrated.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; demultiplexing equipment; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical crosstalk; optical design techniques; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical switches; LiNbO₃; MLL; MZM modulators; Mach-Zehnder modulator; bias control loop system; mode-locked lasers; optical power stability; optical pulse generation; optical switching matrix; photonic ADC; photonic analogue-to-digital converters; pulse-to-pulse crosstalk; time domain demultiplexer; Electrodes; Jitter; Optical crosstalk; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical switches; Photonics; Optical Switching matrix; Photonic ADC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), 2013 European

Conference_Location

Nuremberg

Type

conf

Filename

6687780