Waveguide optical coding device for optical ADC

An optical encoding and waveguide technology, applied in the optical field, achieves the effects of improving stability and reliability, reducing costs, and simplifying the design

CN101571658BInactive Publication Date: 2011-03-30UNIV OF ELECTRONICS SCI & TECH OF CHINA
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2011-03-30
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Abstract

Waveguide optical coding device for optical ADC belongs to the optical technical field and relates to the optical signal treatment and integrated optical device. The device is composed of 2<N>-1 longitudinal waveguides and N horizontal waveguides integrated by one chip, the longitudinal waveguides and the horizontal waveguides are connected by waveguide connecting structural units A, B or C, or connected in a right-angled intersection manner or not connected. The invention is substantially based on an optical total internal reflection principle and designs different waveguide connecting structural units for realizing optical transmission and optical power budget, and the spatial positions of the waveguide connecting structural units on the coder correspond to the binary coding thereof so as to accomplish the coding process in ADC. The waveguide optical coding device for optical ADC provided in the invention has the advantages that the coding speed is quick, the performance is stable and reliable, the design is simple, the manufacturing difficulty is low, the cost is low, the volume is small and the like; and the coder and the waveguide array grating can be integrated. Thus, the invention is in favor of improving the stability and reliability of the system and reducing the cost.
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[0001] The invention belongs to the field of optical technology, and relates to optical signal processing and integrated optical devices, in particular to a device for automatically and real-time encoding of optical signals after wavelength quantization in an optical analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Background technique

[0002] Usually, the signals in nature exist in continuous form (that is, analog signals). In order to facilitate the storage, processing and transmission of signals, analog signals must be converted into digital signals. The core device is an analog-to-digital converter based on binary technology. (ADC, Analog-to-digital converter), it is an irreplaceable bridge and link connecting the analog world with the digital world.

[0003] The sampling rate and conversion accuracy of the ADC are key technical indicators to measure the performance of the ADC. With the development of science and technology, the digital system puts forward higher and...

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[0029] Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, further illustrate the present invention with 4 encoders.

[0030] like figure 1 , 2 As shown, the waveguide type 4-bit optical encoding device for optical ADC provided by the present invention is composed of an upper cladding material, a lower cladding material and a core material; the upper cladding material is UV-cured epoxy NOA61, and the refractive rate n 1 =1.55, the lower cladding material is UV curing epoxy UV15, the refractive index is n 3 =1.50, the core material is polysulfone, the refractive index n 2 = 1.67, the thickness, width and ridge height of the core layer are set as d=1.0 μm, W=5 μm, h=0.8 μm; the core layer material is a ridge structure with 15 longitudinal channels connected to 15 input ports respectively waveguide and 4 transverse waveguides respectively connected to 4 output ports; among the 15 longitudinal waveguides, from left to right are the first longitudinal waveguide, the second longitud...