Abstract
A photonic threshold comparator is presented. A step-like electrical-to-optical (E/O) response is obtained by employing Fourier series synthesis in which a set of sine-wave responses of different amplitudes and phases are superimposed according to the Fourier series representation of a square-wave. The proposed comparator does not rely on optical material non-linearity; rather it consists of multimode interference (MMI) couplers and phase shifters.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 14251-14261 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Optics Express |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics