Photonic digital-to-analog converter based on summing of serial weighted multiwavelength pulses

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 2135-2137

  Peng, Yue ^a   Zhang, Hongming ^a   Zhang, Yuancheng ^a   Yao, Minyu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analog optical signal processing; Digital to analog conversion; Electrooptic modulator (EOM); Photonic digital toanalog converter (PDAC)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; HYBRID COMPUTERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MODULATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANALOG OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL DATUM; DIGITAL SIGNALS; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER DAC; ELECTROOPTIC MODULATOR (EOM); MULTI-WAVELENGTH PULSE; PHOTONIC DIGITAL-TOANALOG CONVERTER (PDAC); SAMPLE RATES; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY; TIME DOMAINS;

DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION;

EID: 59649101431     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2007502     Document Type: Article

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