Title :
Intermodulation distortion in a photonic time-stretch ADC
Author :
Chou, Jason ; Jacobson, Jon ; Jalali, Bahram ; Valley, George ; Sefler, George
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
Understanding intermodulation distortion in time-stretch ADC technology is critical to digitization of wideband RF signals. We experimentally and theoretically show the chromatic-dispersion induced power penalty for intermodulation components exhibits a unique frequency dependence.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; broadband networks; optical distortion; ADC; chromatic dispersion induced power penalty; frequency dependence; intermodulation distortion; photonic time stretch; wideband RF signals; Chirp modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency dependence; Intermodulation distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Photonics; Radio frequency; 060.4080; 120.4820;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628356
