A photonic ADC for radar and EW applications based on modelocked laser

2008 IEEE International Meeting on Microwave Photonics jointly held with the 2008 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, MWP2008/APMP2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 236-239

  Pierno, L ^a   Dispenza, M ^a   Tonelli, G ^a   Bogoni, A ^b   Ghelfi, P ^b   Poti L ^b  

^a SELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI   (Italy)

^b Photrix   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct RF sampling; ENOB; Mode locked laser; Photonic ADC; Sampling jitter; SNR

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; LASERS; MICROWAVES; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTONICS; QUARTZ; RADAR; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DIRECT RF SAMPLING; ENOB; MODE LOCKED LASER; SAMPLING JITTER; SNR;

JITTER;

EID: 58049213685     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2008.4666680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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