Accurate Power-Efficient Format-Scalable Multi-Parallel Optical Digital-to-Analogue Conversion

In optical transmitters generating multi-level constellations, optical modulators are preceded by Electronic Digital-to-Analog-Converters (eDAC). It is advantageous to use eDAC-free Optical Analog to Digital Converters (oDAC) to directly convert digital bitstreams into multilevel PAM/QAM optical sig...

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Main Authors: Moshe Nazarathy, Ioannis Tomkos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Photonics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/8/2/38