Title :
40-GHz analog-to-digital converter based on sampling gate of silicon waveguide with ultra-low loss and high conversion efficiency
Author :
Mu-Han Yang ; Kuo, Bill P. P. ; Gholami, Faezeh ; Lan Liu ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
An ultra-low loss and high conversion efficiency silicon waveguide is used as sampling gate via four waves mixing, and 5.2 effective number of bits of signal at 40-GHz is achieved by 2-GHz cavity-less pulse source.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; integrated optics; microwave photonics; multiwave mixing; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; analog-to-digital converter; cavity-less pulse source; four waves mixing; frequency 40 GHz to 2 GHz; high conversion efficiency; sampling gate; silicon waveguide; ultra-low loss; Analog-digital conversion; Logic gates; Optical fiber amplifiers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
