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Photonic analog-to-digital converter using Mach-Zehnder modulators having identical half-wave voltages with improved bit resolution

Yang, Shuna, Wang, Chao, Chi, Hao, Zhang, Xianmin, Zheng, Shilie, Jin, Xiaofeng, Yao, Jianping (2009) Photonic analog-to-digital converter using Mach-Zehnder modulators having identical half-wave voltages with improved bit resolution. Applied Optics, 48 (22). pp. 4458-4467. ISSN 0003-6935. (doi:10.1364/AO.48.004458) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:35727)

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Abstract

A novel approach to perform photonic analog-to-digital conversion with improved bit resolution is proposed and investigated. Instead of using Mach–Zehnder modulators (MZMs) with geometrically-scaled half-wave voltages, the MZMs in the approach have identical half-wave voltages, which greatly simplifies the implementation. To improve the bit resolution without increasing the number of MZMs, each MZM is connected with multiple comparators having multiple thresholds. The quantization and encoding are performed based on the symmetrical number system (SNS) technique. Three new quantization and encoding schemes based on the SNS are proposed and demonstrated. A 4?bit photonic analog-to-digital conversion based on the given schemes is investigated. For the given schemes, two MZMs are needed with the numbers of comparators being 14, 16, and 9, respectively. Numerical simulations and experiments are performed. The effectiveness of the proposed schemes is verified.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1364/AO.48.004458
Subjects: T Technology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: Tina Thompson
Date Deposited: 28 Oct 2013 15:56 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:12 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/35727 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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