Photonic analog-to-digital converters: Fundamental and practical limits

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5618, Issue , 2004, Pages 96-106

  Valley, George C ^a   Hurrell, John P ^a   Sefler, George A ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE NOISE; PATH MATCHING; PHOTONIC ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY (PRF);

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DEMULTIPLEXING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIGHT MODULATION; PHOTODETECTORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STANDARDS; TIMING JITTER;

PHOTONS;

EID: 17644365411     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.584164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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