Title :
Waveform sampling of free-running frequency prescaled microwave signals by using delay-line-free electro-optic probing technique
Author :
Lin, Gong Ru ; Hung, Shr-Hsiung ; Chang, Y.-C.
Author_Institution :
Graduate Inst. of Opto-Electron. Technol., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taiwan
Abstract :
We report the characterization of a microwave frequency divider by using a delay-line-free electro-optic sampling system with a voltage-controlled phase-tunable circuit. The distorted waveform of ECL signals frequency-prescaled from a microwave oscillator is sampled
Keywords :
digital phase locked loops; microwave frequency convertors; microwave measurement; microwave photonics; signal sampling; waveform analysis; delay-line-free electro-optic probing; digital phase-locked-loop; distorted waveform; electro-optic sampling system; free-running frequency prescaled microwave signals; frequency-prescaled ECL signal; microwave frequency divider; microwave oscillator; optoelectronic phase shifter; picosecond laser source; voltage-controlled phase-tunable circuit; waveform sampling; Earth Observing System; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical retarders; Propagation delay; Sampling methods; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2001. APMC 2001. 2001 Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7138-0
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.2001.985664
