Subnanosecond sampling all-optical analog-to-digital converter using symmetric self-electro-optic effect devices

Optical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 457-466

  Loh, Lup M ^b   LoCicero, Joseph L ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anelog to digital conversion; Binary encoding logic; Hysteresis; Quantization; Symmetric self electro optic effect devices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001720404     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.600915     Document Type: Article

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