Abstract
A novel photonic analog-to-digital convertor (A/D) based on an asynchronous delta-sigma modulation (ADSM) technique has been investigated and demonstrated for the first time in this paper. The operating principles of the proposed optical 2nd-order ADSM is analyzed. Two main components of the new optical ADSM; the leaky integrator and the inverted bistable quantizer have been studied, simulated, constructed, and experimentally characterized. The prototype fiber-optic ADSM operates at 30 MS/s with corresponding binary output having ENOB of 6.
© 2011 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
B. A. Clare, K. A. Corbett, K. J. Grant, A. Massie, J. Munch, and W. Marwood
CWI2 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 2004
J.-Y. Yang, X. S. Yao, J. Wang, X. Chen, L. Dong, L. Yao, and A. E. Willner
CThX2 CLEO: Science and Innovations (CLEO:S&I) 2011
Barry L. Shoop and Joseph W. Goodman
TuDD1 OSA Annual Meeting (FIO) 1992