Title :
150 Gsample/s wavelength division sampler with time-stretched output
Author :
Bhushan, A.S. ; Coppinger, F. ; Jalali, Bahram ; Wang, Shuhui
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
fDate :
3/5/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new technique for optical sampling and time stretching of an analogue signal is presented. The signal is `wavelength stamped´ by a chirped optical pulse. An arrayed waveguide grating provides parallel time-interleaved samples as well as a time-stretched serial sampled waveform
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; optical waveguides; analogue signal; arrayed waveguide grating; chirped optical pulse; optical sampling; time interleaving; time stretching; time-to-wavelength transformation; wavelength division sampler; wavelength stamping;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980290
