Photonic analog-to-digital conversion by use of nonlinear Fabry–Perot resonators

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 240-248

  Sakata, Hajime ^a  

^a CANON INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATOR CIRCUITS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTONS; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

BINARY WEIGHT;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 0003061348     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.000240     Document Type: Article

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