Title :
Photonic time-stretch: a potential solution for ultrafast A/D conversion
Author :
Jalali, B. ; Bhushan, A.S. ; Coppinger, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
While the performance of conventional analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) continues to improve, the rate of improvement is too slow to satisfy the requirements of advanced communication and radar systems in the foreseeable future. Hence it is widely recognized that new concepts leading to major advances in the A/D technology are needed.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; A/D technology; advanced optical communication; conventional analog-to-digital converters; photonic time-stretch; radar systems; ultrafast A/D conversion; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Intensity modulation; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Sampling methods; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 1998. MWP '98. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Princeton, NJ, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4936-9
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.1998.745662
