---
_id: '29211'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Electrical-optical signal processing has been shown to be a promising path
    to overcome the limitations of state-of-the-art all-electrical data converters.
    In addition to ultra-broadband signal processing, it allows leveraging ultra-low
    jitter mode-locked lasers and thus increasing the aperture jitter limited effective
    number of bits at high analog signal frequencies. In this paper, we review our
    recent progress towards optically enabled time- and frequency-interleaved analog-to-digital
    converters, as well as their monolithic integration in electronic-photonic integrated
    circuits. For signal frequencies up to 65 GHz, an optoelectronic track-and-hold
    amplifier based on the source-emitter-follower architecture is shown as a power
    efficient approach in optically enabled BiCMOS technology. At higher signal frequencies,
    integrated photonic filters enable signal slicing in the frequency domain and
    further scaling of the conversion bandwidth, with the reconstruction of a 140
    GHz optical signal being shown. We further show how such optically enabled data
    converter architectures can be applied to a nonlinear Fourier transform based
    integrated transceiver in particular and discuss their applicability to broadband
    optical links in general.
author:
- first_name: Andrea
  full_name: Zazzi, Andrea
  last_name: Zazzi
- first_name: Juliana
  full_name: Müller, Juliana
  last_name: Müller
- first_name: Maxim
  full_name: Weizel, Maxim
  id: '44271'
  last_name: Weizel
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2699-9839
- first_name: Jonas
  full_name: Koch, Jonas
  last_name: Koch
- first_name: Dengyang
  full_name: Fang, Dengyang
  last_name: Fang
- first_name: Alvaro
  full_name: Moscoso-Martir, Alvaro
  last_name: Moscoso-Martir
- first_name: Ali
  full_name: Tabatabaei Mashayekh, Ali
  last_name: Tabatabaei Mashayekh
- first_name: Arka D.
  full_name: Das, Arka D.
  last_name: Das
- first_name: Daniel
  full_name: Drays, Daniel
  last_name: Drays
- first_name: Florian
  full_name: Merget, Florian
  last_name: Merget
- first_name: Franz X.
  full_name: Kartner, Franz X.
  last_name: Kartner
- first_name: Stephan
  full_name: Pachnicke, Stephan
  last_name: Pachnicke
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Koos, Christian
  last_name: Koos
- first_name: J. Christoph
  full_name: Scheytt, J. Christoph
  id: '37144'
  last_name: Scheytt
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5950-6618
- first_name: Jeremy
  full_name: Witzens, Jeremy
  last_name: Witzens
citation:
  ama: Zazzi A, Müller J, Weizel M, et al. Optically Enabled ADCs and Application
    to Optical Communications. <i>IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society</i>.
    2021;1:209-221. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943">10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943</a>
  apa: Zazzi, A., Müller, J., Weizel, M., Koch, J., Fang, D., Moscoso-Martir, A.,
    Tabatabaei Mashayekh, A., Das, A. D., Drays, D., Merget, F., Kartner, F. X., Pachnicke,
    S., Koos, C., Scheytt, J. C., &#38; Witzens, J. (2021). Optically Enabled ADCs
    and Application to Optical Communications. <i>IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State
    Circuits Society</i>, <i>1</i>, 209–221. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943">https://doi.org/10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Zazzi_Müller_Weizel_Koch_Fang_Moscoso-Martir_Tabatabaei Mashayekh_Das_Drays_Merget_et
    al._2021, title={Optically Enabled ADCs and Application to Optical Communications},
    volume={1}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943">10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943</a>},
    journal={IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society}, publisher={Institute
    of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}, author={Zazzi, Andrea and Müller,
    Juliana and Weizel, Maxim and Koch, Jonas and Fang, Dengyang and Moscoso-Martir,
    Alvaro and Tabatabaei Mashayekh, Ali and Das, Arka D. and Drays, Daniel and Merget,
    Florian and et al.}, year={2021}, pages={209–221} }'
  chicago: 'Zazzi, Andrea, Juliana Müller, Maxim Weizel, Jonas Koch, Dengyang Fang,
    Alvaro Moscoso-Martir, Ali Tabatabaei Mashayekh, et al. “Optically Enabled ADCs
    and Application to Optical Communications.” <i>IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State
    Circuits Society</i> 1 (2021): 209–21. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943">https://doi.org/10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943</a>.'
  ieee: 'A. Zazzi <i>et al.</i>, “Optically Enabled ADCs and Application to Optical
    Communications,” <i>IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society</i>,
    vol. 1, pp. 209–221, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943">10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943</a>.'
  mla: Zazzi, Andrea, et al. “Optically Enabled ADCs and Application to Optical Communications.”
    <i>IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society</i>, vol. 1, Institute
    of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021, pp. 209–21, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943">10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943</a>.
  short: A. Zazzi, J. Müller, M. Weizel, J. Koch, D. Fang, A. Moscoso-Martir, A. Tabatabaei
    Mashayekh, A.D. Das, D. Drays, F. Merget, F.X. Kartner, S. Pachnicke, C. Koos,
    J.C. Scheytt, J. Witzens, IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society
    1 (2021) 209–221.
date_created: 2022-01-10T13:57:36Z
date_updated: 2025-10-30T09:14:19Z
department:
- _id: '58'
- _id: '230'
doi: 10.1109/ojsscs.2021.3110943
intvolume: '         1'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 209-221
project:
- _id: '303'
  name: 'SPP 2111; TP: Ultrabreitbandiger Photonisch-Elektronischer Analog-Digital-Wandler
    (PACE) - Phase 2'
publication: IEEE Open Journal of the Solid-State Circuits Society
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2644-1349
publication_status: published
publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
status: public
title: Optically Enabled ADCs and Application to Optical Communications
type: journal_article
user_id: '44271'
volume: 1
year: '2021'
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