Optically sampled analog-to-digital converters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 10 II, 2001, Pages 1840-1853

  Juodawlkis, P W ^a   Twichell, J C ^a   Betts, G E ^a   Hargreaves, J J ^a   Younger, R D ^a   Wasserman, J L ^a   O'Donnell, F J ^a   Ray, K G ^a   Williamson, R C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog digital conversion; Distortion; Electrooptic devices; Intermodulation; Microwave receivers; Pulsed lasers; Signal sampling; Time division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

PHASE ENCODED SAMPLING;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; INTERMODULATION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LINEARIZATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SAMPLING; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 0035474691     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.954797     Document Type: Article

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