Integrated photonic threshold comparator based on square-wave synthesis

Yossef Ehrlichman, Ofer Amrani, Shlomo Ruschin

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14251-14261
Number of pages11
JournalOptics Express
Volume21
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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