• DocumentCode
    448100
  • Title

    80 GSPS photonic analogue to digital conversion system using broadband continuous wave source

  • Author

    Jiang, Pisu ; Chai, Yewjun ; White, Ian ; Penty, Richard ; Heaton, John ; Kuver, Atul ; Clements, Steve ; Leburn, Christopher G. ; McWilliam, Alan ; Lagatsky, Alexander A. ; Brown, C. Tom A ; Sibbett, Wilson

  • Author_Institution
    Eng. Dept., Cambridge Univ., UK
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    874
  • Abstract
    An 80 GSPS photonic ADC system is demonstrated, using broadband mode-locked lasers (MLL) and dispersive fibre to form a continuous waveform with time-wavelength mapping, and array waveguide gratings (AWG) to channelise. Tests are carried out for RF signals up to 10 GHz.
  • Keywords
    analogue-digital conversion; arrayed waveguide gratings; laser mode locking; light sources; microwave photonics; optical fibre dispersion; array waveguide gratings; broadband continuous wave source; broadband mode-locked lasers; continuous microwave signal; dispersive fibre; photonic analogue-to-digital conversion system; time-wavelength mapping; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Optical attenuators; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Signal sampling; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201960
  • Filename
    1573026