Spatial quantized analog-to-digital conversion based on optical beam-steering

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2219-2226

  Jarrahi, Mona ^a   Pease, R Fabian W ^a   Lee, Thomas H ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog to digital (ADC) conversion; Mode locked lasers; Optical sampling; Phase modulation; Photodetector

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CLOCKS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; EXTRACTION; JITTER; LASERS; MODULATION; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SAMPLING; SPEED; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL (ADC) CONVERSION; MODE-LOCKED LASERS; OPTICAL SAMPLING; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTODETECTOR;

DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION;

EID: 51449112780     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.922292     Document Type: Article

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