Title :
Power-saving approach toward 7-bit optical quantization for photonic analog-to-digital conversion
Author :
Satoh, T. ; Nagashima, Tomoharu ; Itoh, Kenji ; Konishi, Tsuyoshi
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the realization of low power consumption optical quantization with 7-bit resolution. We confirm the resolution improvement without increment of the signal power by incorporating the spectral compression technique using a phase modulator.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; low power consumption optical quantization; phase modulator; photonic analog-to-digital conversion; power-saving; signal power; spectral compression; Fiber nonlinear optics; High-speed optical techniques; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical solitons; Quantization (signal);
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600060
