Synthesis of Waveguide-Optical Analog-to-Digital Converter for Ultra-High Speed Systems of Information Processing

The possibility of synthesis of ultra-high speed of waveguide-optical analog-to-digital converter (further - ADC) providing conversion of analog information into digital in gigahertz range is considered. The functional scheme of the waveguide-optical ADC containing technologically well-developed optical elements is given, the principle of operation is described in detail. The possibility of increasing the speed of the ADC to potentially possible for optical data processing schemes is shown.