Digitally linearized wide-band photonic link

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 172-179

  Clark, T R ^a   Currie, M ^a   Matthews, P J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog to digital (A D) conversion; Digital receiver; Fiber optic link; Microwave receiver; Photonic system

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DISTORTION (WAVES); FIBER OPTICS; LINEARIZATION; MICROWAVES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

WIDE-BAND PHOTONIC LINKS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0035245117     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.917872     Document Type: Article

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