Title :
Measuring jitter: timing and amplitude, uncorrelated and correlated, absolute and residual
Author :
Gross, M.C. ; Patel, K.M. ; Ralph, S.E.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We present theory, simulations, and experiments validating direct and mixing-based spectral methods for extracting six jitter parameters (total, uncorrelated, and correlated; timing and amplitude) of a pulse train. Absolute and residual noise are discussed.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser noise; noise measurement; optical correlation; timing jitter; absolute noise; correlated noise; pulse train; residual noise; timing amplitude; timing jitter; uncorrelated noise; Additive noise; Frequency measurement; Laser noise; Noise level; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7982-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224329
