Title :
A photonic wide-band analog to digital converter
Author :
Toughlian, Edward N. ; Zmuda, Henry
Author_Institution :
ENSCO Inc., USA
Abstract :
We describe how a tunable laser and common photonic components can perform the process of analog-to-digital conversion. The all-optical processing yields conversion rates orders of magnitude faster than the fastest electronic processor
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; analogue-digital conversion; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam applications; laser tuning; optical fibre filters; optical information processing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical processing; conversion rates; photonic wideband ADC; tunable laser; wideband analog to digital converter; Analog-digital conversion; Bragg gratings; Filter bank; Optical filters; Passband; Quantization; Signal processing; Transfer functions; Tunable circuits and devices; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2000. MWP 2000. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Oxford
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6455-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2000.889835
