Title :
Differential photonic time-stretch analog-to-digital converter
Author :
Han, Yan ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A new differential scheme is proposed for mitigating spectral/time nonuniformity and pulse-to-pulse variations in the photonic time-stretch analog-to-digital converter. Digitization at 120 GSamples/s with 24 GHz analog bandwidth is demonstrated.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; integrated optoelectronics; 24 GHz; differential photonic time-stretch analog-to-digital converter; digitization; pulse-to-pulse variation; spectral nonuniformity mitigation; time nonuniformity mitigation; Analog-digital conversion; Bandwidth; Chirp; Equations; Nonlinear distortion; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
