摘要:
In an inventive photonic analog-to-digital signal converter (ADC), multiple opto-electric sampling devices are employed to successively sample an analog signal input. Optical clock signals having the same frequency but different clock phases are used, which are associated with the opto-electric sampling devices, respectively. Each sampling device takes samples of the analog signal input in response to the optical clock signal associated therewith. The resulting samples are processed to produce quantized samples. The inventive ADC outputs a digital signal representing the quantized samples.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for automated calibration of an optical device are disclosed. The apparatus is an integrated optoelectronic system that includes input and output optical waveguides, a tunable optical device, an optical source, an optical detector, and an electronic controller formed on a single substrate. The tunable optical device has one or more tuning elements for varying one or more characteristics of the device. The optical source is coupled to the input waveguide for providing a calibration signal to the device. The optical detector is coupled to the output optical waveguide for measuring an intensity of the optical signal output by the device in response to receiving the calibration signal. The electronic controller is configured to perform a calibration of the device by varying a parameter of each tuning element and to receive intensity measurements of the optical signal output by the device as a function of the varied parameter.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for reducing electrical signal intermodulation by processing a balanced electrical signal in the optical domain in a manner adapted to reduce noise and second order intermodulation, and converting the processed optical signal back to an electrical domain signal with either a single or balanced (differential) outputs.
摘要:
Apparatus including: a substrate layer having a substantially planar top surface; an optically conductive peak located and elongated on, and spanning a first thickness measured in a direction generally away from, the top surface; the optically conductive peak having first and second lateral walls each including distal and proximal lateral wall portions, the proximal lateral wall portions intersecting the top surface; and first and second sidewall layers located on the distal lateral wall portions, the sidewall layers not intersecting the top surface and spanning a second thickness that is less than the first thickness measured in the same direction.
摘要:
Apparatus including: a substrate layer having a substantially planar top surface; an optically conductive peak located and elongated on, and spanning a first thickness measured in a direction generally away from, the top surface; the optically conductive peak having first and second lateral walls each including distal and proximal lateral wall portions, the proximal lateral wall portions intersecting the top surface; and first and second sidewall layers located on the distal lateral wall portions, the sidewall layers not intersecting the top surface and spanning a second thickness that is less than the first thickness measured in the same direction.
摘要:
A method for determining symbols PSK modulated on an optical carrier includes interfering a first polarization component of the modulated optical carrier and a reference optical carrier in a first optical mixer and interfering the first polarization component of the modulated optical carrier and the reference with a different relative phase in a second optical mixer. The method also includes sampling the interfered carriers from the first optical mixer to produce first digital sampled values and sampling the interfered carriers from the second optical mixer to produce second digital sampled values. The first and second digital sampled values of a sampling period form a first complex sampling value thereof. The method also includes offsetting a phase of a complex signal value corresponding to each first complex sampling value to correct for a phase error caused by a frequency offset between the modulated and reference optical carriers.
摘要:
A transceiver includes a transmitter, a receiver, and an electrical feedback line. The transmitter has a quadrature-modulator and is configurable to compensate inphase/quadrature phase imbalances produced by hardware of the transmitter. The quadrature-modulator is configured to quadrature-modulate a carrier wave. The receiver has a quadrature-demodulator and is configurable to compensate for inphase/quadrature phase imbalances produced by hardware in the receiver. The quadrature-demodulator is configured to demodulate a quadrature-demodulated carrier. The electrical feedback line connects an output of the transmitter to an input of the receiver.
摘要:
A feedforward linearizer includes a signal cancellation circuit and an error cancellation circuit. The signal cancellation circuit includes a tap delay line, that delay the input signal by a predetermined time delay so as to provide several delayed versions of the input signal. Each delayed version of the input signal is weighted by a tap coefficient. The weighted signals are then added together and fed to the power amplifier. The tap coefficients are derived such that the signals traveling through the upper and lower branch of the signal cancellation loop are aligned and that the output signal of the power amplifier is equalized.
摘要:
A GaAs-based self-aligned laser with emission wavelength in the approximate wavelength regime 0.87-1.1 .mu.m is disclosed. The laser is a strained layer QW laser and is readily manufacturable. Preferred embodiments of the inventive laser do not comprise Al-containing semiconductor alloy. Lasers according to the invention can for instance be used advantageously as 0.98 .mu.m pump sources for Er-doped fiber amplifiers.
摘要:
Disclosed is an advantageous method of making ridge-waveguide lasers. The method is a self-aligned method that does not comprise any critical alignment steps. Thus it is useful for making lasers that have a very narrow ridge waveguide. Such lasers are desirable because they can suppress lateral higher order modes.