Noninterferometric optical phase-shifter module in phase-shifted optical quantization

Xin Fu; Hongming Zhang; Zhuangqian Zhang; Minyu Yao

doi:10.1117/1.3089884

1 March 2009 Noninterferometric optical phase-shifter module in phase-shifted optical quantization

Xin Fu, Hongming Zhang, Zhuangqian Zhang, Minyu Yao

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 48, Issue 3, 034301 (March 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3089884

Abstract

A noninterferometric configuration for an optical phase-shifter module (OPSM) is presented and demonstrated, which is a key component in phase-shifted optical quantization (PSOQ) systems. In a PSOQ system employing such an OPSM, the input electrical analog signal is applied on two LiNbO₃ intensity modulators in parallel, and the OPSM takes the outputs of the intensity modulators as its input and yields N-channel optical outputs, which are thresholded to generate digitized values of the input analog signal. The feasibility of this OPSM configuration is demonstrated by a proof-of-principle PSOQ experiment, in which a 2.5-GHz single tone is applied to the modulators and 16 transmission curves are recorded. Based on these transmission curves, software sampling indicates that an effective number of bits equal to 4.17 is attainable for a frequency as high as 2.5 GHz. Benefits of such an OPSM are easier control and high precision of desired phase shifts.

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Xin Fu, Hongming Zhang, Zhuangqian Zhang, and Minyu Yao "Noninterferometric optical phase-shifter module in phase-shifted optical quantization," Optical Engineering 48(3), 034301 (1 March 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3089884

Published: 1 March 2009

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