Semiconductor optical amplifiers: performance and applications in optical packet switching [Invited] [PDF]
, 2004 Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) are a versatile core technology and the basis for the implementation of a number of key functionalities central to the evolution of highly wavelength-agile all-optical networks.
Andonovic, I. +2 more
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Time interleaved optical sampling for ultra-high speed A/D conversion [PDF]
, 1998 A scheme is proposed for increasing the sampling rate of analogue-to-digital conversion by more than an order of magnitude by combining state-of-the-art A/D converters with photonic technology.
Koumans, R. G. M. P., Yariv, A.
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Photonics, 2021 Light–heat converters are promising for further development of contact laser surgery. The simplest converter consists of an optical fiber with a strong absorbing layer at the tip.
Natalia Sapogova +4 more
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Low Power, Compact Integrated Photonic Sampler Based on a Silicon Ring Modulator
IEEE Photonics Journal, 2022 Sampling is the primary functional step of an analogue to digital conversion, required for sensing, measurement, signal processing, metrology, and various data communication applications. Here we present, for the first time, to the best of our knowledge,
Mohamed I. Hosni +7 more
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ACE16K: A 128×128 focal plane analog processor with digital I/O [PDF]
, 2002 This paper presents a new generation 128×128 focal-plane analog programmable array processor (FPAPAP), from a system level perspective, which has been manufactured in a 0.35 μm standard digital 1P-5M CMOS technology. The chip has been designed to achieve
Domínguez Castro, Rafael +3 more
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Development and characterisation of laser power converters for optical power transfer applications
IET Optoelectronics, 2014 Interest in single‐junction photovoltaic devices has been renewed in recent years due to their potential to produce very high optical to electrical conversion efficiencies under monochromatic illumination. A single‐junction photovoltaic converter was developed for monochromatic radiation (a laser power converter (LPC)) to ...
Jarvis, SD +3 more
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Limiting efficiencies of solar energy conversion and photo-detection via internal emission of hot electrons and hot holes in gold [PDF]
, 2015 We evaluate the limiting efficiency of full and partial solar spectrum harvesting via the process of internal photoemission in Au-semiconductor Schottky junctions.
Boriskina, Svetlana V. +4 more
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Wavelength conversion at 10 Gb/s by four-wave mixing over a 30-nm interval [PDF]
, 1998 We show that the use of a long semiconductor optical amplifier increases the error-free conversion interval of a four-wave mixing (FWM)-based wavelength converter.
D'Ottavi, A. +6 more
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Control of Power Electronics through a Photonic Bus: Feasibility and Prospects
Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks, 2018 The ubiquitous diffusion of Power Electronic Converters (PECs) in many fields of application including traction and energy conversion suggests the possibility of new and better integration of advanced power conversion and Information and Communication ...
Paolo Savio +7 more
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Russian Gyrotrons: Achievements and Trends
IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 2021 The last decade has contributed to the rapid progress in the gyrotron development. Megawatt-class, continuous wave gyrotrons are employed as high-power millimeter (mm)-wave sources for electron cyclotron heating (ECH) and current drive in the tokamaks ...
Alexander G. Litvak +2 more
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