Title :
Noise performance of time stretch system with distributed and discrete amplifiers
Author :
Kalyoncu, Salih K. ; Huang, Yuewang ; Tien, En-Kuang ; Adas, Enver ; Yildirim, Dogukan ; Boyraz, Ozdal
Author_Institution :
EECS Dept., Univ. of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
We analyzed the noise performance of time stretched analog to digital converter with both lumped and distributed amplification cases. We show that distributed amplification provides up to 16dB higher SNR corresponding to ~2.5 bit higher resolution.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; distributed amplifiers; optical communication equipment; optical information processing; optical noise; analog-digital converter; discrete amplifier; distributed amplification; distributed amplifier; effective number of bits; lumped amplification; noise performance; time stretch system; Bandwidth; Broadband amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain; Noise; Optical fiber amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
