Photonic time stretch and its application to analog-to-digital conversion

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 7 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1309-1314

  Coppinger, F ^a   Bhushan, A S ^a   Jalali, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog to digital conversion; Chirp pulses; Mode locked laser; Time stretching

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LITHIUM NIOBATE; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CHIRP PULSES; MODE LOCKED LASER; PHOTONIC TIME STRETCH; TIME STRETCHING;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 0032636387     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.775471     Document Type: Article

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