Title :
Real-time demonstration of optically resolution-enhanced ADC system using NOLMs
Author :
Miyoshi, Y. ; Namiki, S. ; Kitayama, K. ; Ohashi, M.
Author_Institution :
Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan
Abstract :
We firstly demonstrate real-time optically resolution enhanced ADC system using optical transfer functions of NOLMs at the sampling rate of 9.95 GS/s. The coarse power level of low-resolution ADC is interpolated by this scheme.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; mirrors; optical transfer function; optical wavelength conversion; NOLM; analog-to-digital converter; coarse power level; low-resolution ADC; nonlinear optical loop mirrors; optical resolution-enhanced ADC system; optical transfer functions; real-time demonstration; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276541
