Analysis of the resolution-bandwidth-noise trade-off in wavelength-based photonic analog-to-digital converters

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4310-4318

  Stigwall, Johan ^a   Galt, Sheila ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTODETECTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ANALOG INPUT SIGNALS; BINARY OUTPUT SIGNALS; NOISE TOLERANCE; WAVELENGTHS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 33749550654     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.004310     Document Type: Article

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