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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Luminous Computing, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mitchell A. Nahmias, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael Gao, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Luminous Computing, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); G01J 1/04 (2006.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2013.01); G01J 1/0437 (2013.01); H03M 1/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for analog-to-digital conversion, preferably including one or more optical inputs, optical sources, phase remodulators, and/or photonic circuits, and optionally including detector banks and/or digital electronics. A method for analog-to-digital conversion, preferably including receiving an optical input signal, generating a phase-modulated optical signal, and/or generating a plurality of optical outputs, and optionally including generating a plurality of electrical outputs and/or encoding a digital representation of the outputs.