Ultra-high speed photonic analog-to-digital conversion technologies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5435, Issue , 2004, Pages 171-177

  Ng, W ^a   Luh, L ^a   Persechini, D ^a   Le, D ^a   So, Y M ^b   Mokhtari, M ^a   Fields, C ^a   Yap, D ^a   Jensen, J ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODE-LOCKED LASERS; PHOTONIC ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION; PHOTONICS; SAPPHIRE-LOADED CAVITY RESONATOR (SLCR);

DEMULTIPLEXING; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER PULSES; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; PHOTONS; TIMING JITTER;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 10444278155     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.548220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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