Title :
Cavity-less pulse source based optical sampled ADC
Author :
Wiberg, Andreas O. J. ; Lan Liu ; Zhi Tong ; Myslivets, Evgeny ; Ataie, Vahid ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose and characterize a picosecond cavity-less optical pulse source operating at 2 GHz to be used in optical sampling. The high quality of the pulse source was verified by measuring 8 ENOB at 10 GHz.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; optical pulse generation; ENOB; frequency 10 GHz; frequency 2 GHz; optical sampled ADC; optical sampling; picosecond cavity-less optical pulse source; Modulation; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
