Photonic Analog-to-Digital Conversion with femtosecond lasers

Frequenz

Volumn 62, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 171-174

  Kärtner, Franz X ^a   Kim, Jungwon ^a   Chen, Jeff ^a   Khilo, Anatoly ^a  

^a Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Femtosecond lasers; Photonic Analog to Digital Conversion; Timing jitter in mode locked lasers; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; LASER WINDOWS; TIMING JITTER; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

HIGH-SPEED ANALOG; ITS APPLICATIONS; LASER STABILIZATION; MICROWAVE SOURCES; MODE-LOCKED LASER; PHOTONIC ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PULSE TRAIN; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 54349101211     PISSN: 00161136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/FREQ.2008.62.7-8.171     Document Type: Article

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