Optically assisted high-speed, high resolution analog-to-digital conversion

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5814, Issue , 2005, Pages 51-61

  Zmuda, Henry ^a   Hanna, Shane ^a   Bussjager, R J ^b   Fanto, M L ^b   Hayduk, M J ^b   Johns, S T ^b   Malowicki, J E ^b   Repak, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave Photonics; Optical Signal Processing; Photonic Analog to Digital Conversion

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHOTONIC ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

DATA PROCESSING; FIBER OPTICS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL LINKS; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 27544495647     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.609863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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