Ultra-low jitter mode-locking of Er-fiber laser at 10 GHz and its application in photonic analog-to-digital conversion

International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 251-258

  Ng, W ^a   Stephens, R ^a   Persechini, D ^a   Reddy, K V ^a,b  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^b Pritel Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; FIBER LASERS; JITTER; LASER MODE LOCKING; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; TIMING JITTER;

ITS APPLICATIONS; LOW JITTERS; MODE-LOCKED PULSE TRAINS; PHOTONIC ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; SPUR-FREE DYNAMIC RANGE; TIMING JITTERS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION;

EID: 84964466750     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2000.889836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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