全光模数转换中的量化技术分析

全光模数转换在高速光信息处理领域具有重要的应用,量化是模数转换中的关键技术.文章综述了全光模数转换中量化技术的发展情况,重点讨论了基于光纤非线性效应的全光量化原理、系统结构、性能特点及在实际应用中需要考虑的因素.     

基于光时分复用的电光模数转换

提出了一种基于光时分复用的电光模数转换方案,该方案仅利用一个连续波激光器和电光调制器,结合光纤延迟线实现光信号的时分复用,并通过现有的电子ADC完成模数转换。该方案结构简单,可扩展性高。两路时分复用模数转换系统实验中得到的信号对噪声和失真比为28.5dB,等效于约4.44位的有效位数并分析了造成量化误差的主要因素和减少误差的方法。     

采用强度调制标记信道的改进级联全光量化方案

提出了一种改进的级联全光量化方案,以提高全光模数转换器的量化分辨率。通过使用一路附加的被强度调制器调制的标记通道,可实现对超宽带信号的8 bit以上高量化分辨率。利用所提出的方案对20 GHz射频信号实现了数字化,仿真结果表明,其无杂散动态范围可高达53.76 dBc,有效量化分辨率为8.18 bit。     

基于移相光量化的任意波形全光模数转换

全光模数转换器(ADC)在高速信号处理领域有重要应用。研究了基于偏振光干涉的移相光量化(PSOQ)全光模数转换器的频率响应特性。实验中将不同频率的正弦信号经过4bit移相光量化全光模数转换器量化编码后,得到对应的数字信号。通过离散傅里叶变换,获得各个频率点的频谱。对频谱进行分析,得到不同频率下全光模数转换器的响应范围为74.07dB～74.22dB,响应起伏小于0.15dB。在此基础上,对频率为1GHz的三角波信号进行全光量化,并得到3.31bit的有效量化精度。结果表明,移相光量化方案的频率响应特性较好,验证了该方案应用于任意波形全光量化的可行性。     

改进型SOA-MZI全光异或门的加解密仿真研究

全光加密技术是解决目前光纤通信网的加解密速率瓶颈及物理层潜在的安全威胁的有力保证。针对现有全光异或加解密方案工作速率普遍较低的问题,在传统的SOA-MZI型全光异或门的基础上,利用两段色散互补的G.655单模光纤,并结合一个相位偏移器设计了一种改进型SOA-MZI全光异或方案,以该改进方案作为全光安全处理器在OptiSystem7.0仿真平台上搭建新的全光异或加解密方案,对输入信号比特速率分别为10Gb/s和40Gb/s的加解密方案进行了仿真实验验证。结果表明:基于改进型SOA-MIZ全光异或门的加解密方案可将全光异或加解密速率提高到40Gb/s,并且解密恢复出的明文数据的消光比约可以达到20dB,最大Q值约为25.7,加解密过程不会对通信系统引入额外误码。     

基于SOA中XGM效应的全光译码器的研究

文章基于半导体光放大器(SOA)中的交叉增益调制(XGM)效应.提出一种全光译码器的实现方案.该方案具有XGM效应本身的优点,如效率高、工作波长范围宽、逻辑运算只与输入光功率有关、不需要进行精确的相位控制和对偏振不敏感等.分析了该方案的工作原理,并使用OptiSystem软件对这种全光译码器进行了仿真.最后分析了全光译码器的输出功率和输出消光比与输入泵浦光功率、探测光功率之间的关系.     

一种全光3R再生方案的研究

研究全光3R再生技术,给出了一个利用非线性光纤的自相关调制和全光异或门对光信号的再整形仿真方法.使用软件Optisystem分别对时钟提取和异或门的实现制进行了仿真实验.方案整形后获得的3R再生信号的质量得到改善.     

新型超宽带探地雷达数字采样接收机设计

基于探地雷达应用,结合等效时间采样技术和实时采样技术的优点,提出了一种新的超宽带等效数字采样技术。该采样技术不需要采用集成模数转换(A/D),而是通过对模拟信号进行1比特并行时间交替采样和均匀量化来实现模数转换的功能。基于该技术思想,利用一片现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)研制出具有等效4.096GHz采样率、7位精度模数转换功能的超带宽探地雷达数字采样接收机。电路结构紧凑,功耗低于1.5W.实测结果表明:该接收机的模拟带宽达500MHz,具有很低的量化噪声,能很好的重构输入信号。同时,该接收机具有很好的性能,能满足超宽带探地雷达的要求。     

光模数转换系统中数据存储与传输

设计了一种光模数转换(OADC)系统中后端高速数据的存储和传输方案.该方案基于主-从现场可编程逻辑门阵列(FPGA)的结构,采用DDR3 SDRAM作为存储介质,基于PCI Express总线通过存储器直接访问(DMA)机制,使数据高度输出,实现了单通道高速数据的实时存储与传输.仿真和测试表明,该方案能够满足单通道输入数据速率为2.56Gb/s的光模数转换系统的要求.     

基于SOA的全光超宽带脉冲振幅调制方案

文章基于SOA(半导体光放大器)中的XGM(交叉增益调制)效应,提出一种实现全光UWB(超宽带)PAM(脉冲振幅调制)的方案.该方案只需要一个外部光源和一个SOA,结构简单,调制速率快.利用光通信系统软件OptiSystem对该方案进行仿真,分析了光源功率、SOA的注入电流和光源波长等系统参数对UWB PAM信号性能的...     

Experimental Demonstration of All-Optical Analog-to-Digital Conversion With Balanced Detection Threshold Scheme

A novel balanced detection threshold scheme for all-optical analog-to-digital conversion is experimentally demonstrated. A 4-bit 10-GSamples/s all-optical analog-to-digital converter based on phase-shifted optical quantization and a balanced detection threshold scheme is realized to quantize a 9.9-GHz sinusoidal electrical signal, achieving a spur-free dynamic range of 24.2 dB. Compared with single-ended detection, the quantization result is improved with the balanced threshold scheme due to reducing the influence of the power fluctuation and improving the receiver sensitivity.      

Spatial Quantized Analog-to-Digital Conversion Based on Optical Beam-Steering

A novel optical spatial quantized analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is presented and the performance enhancements through employing this architecture are analyzed theoretically. A high-speed low-jitter ADC sampling clock is provided by a mode-locked laser. A high sampling rate is maintained by avoiding any speed-limiting conversion from optical to electrical domain in an all-optical quantization technique. A high quantization bandwidth is achieved by employing the all-optical quantization technique, benefiting from the high bandwidth characteristics of optical modulation. A high ADC resolution is obtained by using a single-channel quantization configuration and detecting a single image at each sampling step. A high power efficiency is achieved by extracting some portions of the required power from the analog electrical signal and optical sampling clock, directly. Various ADC-resolution limiting factors including the ambiguity of photodetectors, jitter of the optical sampling-clock, the limited beam deflector bandwidth, dispersion, phase modulator nonlinearity/mismatch, noise, and crosstalk have been identified and the contribution of each effect has been discussed.      

Optical Spatial Quantization for Higher Performance Analog-to-Digital Conversion

A novel optical spatial quantized analog-to-digital conversion scheme for real-time conversion at ultrahigh sampling frequencies is presented. At each sampling instant, the analog input voltage deflects an optical sampling pulse onto an array of photodetectors. The output code is derived from the output voltages of the photodetectors on which the optical beam lands. Particular benefits of the proposed architecture are significant reduction in jitter through the use of a mode-locked laser to generate the sampling pulses, high quantization bandwidth through a fully optical quantization scheme, and the system simplicity through the use of just one phase modulator and an embedded binary encoder in the binary-connected photodetector arrays. We experimentally demonstrate an eight-level quantization consuming only 7.2 pJ per quantization with 18-GHz bandwidth, projected to an estimated bandwidth of 30 GHz. Measured 8-ps full-width half-maximum photodetector output voltages promise the potential of realizing a 3-bit 125-GS/s analog-to-digital converter.      

一种采用并行光强度调制器的模数转换方法

提出了一种采用并行光强度调制器实现移相光量化的方法。利用对光强度的衰减实现量化曲线的相移,解决了现有移相光量化方案中相位调制器对环境、温度较为敏感,量化曲线相移控制精度以及脉冲走离的问题。采用两个铌酸锂强度调制器并行连接,每个光耦合器分成4个通道,每个通道中插入光衰减器,通过调节光衰减器实现通道间调制曲线的相移,构成8通道4 bits的光量化器。实验中对10 GHz的正弦信号进行了光量化测试,量化结果的有效比特数(ENOB)为3.7 bits,仅低于理想分辨率0.3 bits。实验结果表明该方案可行,与一般移相光量化方案相比,具有较高的有效比特数。     

All-Optical Analog-to-Digital Conversion Using Split-and-Delay Technique

We propose a simplified configuration of all-optical analog-to-digital (A/D) conversion using nonlinear optical loop mirrors (NOLMs). While the conventional scheme of such all-optical A/D conversion requires encoders and threshold, for -bit resolution, the proposed configuration realizes an -bit resolution only using a single encoder and threshold, based on a split-and-delay technique, in which the encoder and the threshold operate more than times as fast as the sampling speed. After discussing detailed design issues of the NOLM-based encoder with particular emphasis on the so-called counterpropagating effects, all-optical 3-bit A/D conversion at 10 GS/s is experimentally demonstrated using the proposed configuration.     

Hybrid photonic analog-to-digital conversion using superconducting electronics

A hybrid analog-to-digital converter is described that uses photonic waveform sampling coupled with superconducting electronics for quantization and conversion to a binary format. The architecture scheme exploits extremely low clock jitter, amplitude stability, and a picosecond sampling aperture from the photonic system and magnetic flux quantization and high-speed digital logic in the superconducting system. The operational speed of the conversion is primarily limited by the maximum speed of the superconducting logic elements.     

基于锁模脉冲源和高速光开关的时分抽样模数转换

提出了一种基于锁模脉冲源和高速光开关的时分抽样模数(A/D)转换系统。使用高重复频率、窄脉宽的锁模脉冲串对射频信号进行抽样,利用高速光开关进行时分复用,将高采样率的信号转换为并行的多路低采样率信号,以适应现有的电模数转换器进行量化和编码,并且通过改变光开关的频率,可以灵活地改变解复用后每路信号的频率。系统的优点在于可扩展性高,只需一个锁模脉冲源。使用10 GHz重复频率的锁模脉冲和1.25 GHz的高速光开关验证了系统方案的可行性。利用实验中得到的采样点可以较好地恢复出时域信号,并且得到了各个频率的频谱图。其信噪比可达32.02 dB,等效于5.03 bit的有效比特数。