Narrow-band optical A/D converter with suppressed second-order distortion

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 599-601

  Helkey, Roger ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; SIGNAL DISTORTION;

INTERMODULATION SUPPRESSION; OPTICAL MIXING;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0032672711     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.759411     Document Type: Article

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