Title :
7-ENOB resolution photonic analog-to-digital conversion of narrowband microwave signals at 40 GHz
Author :
Kim, Jungwon ; Park, Matthew ; Perrott, Michael H. ; Kartner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
An optical sub-sampling downconversion receiver for analog-to-digital conversion of narrowband high-frequency microwave signals is demonstrated. The measured SNDR in 2-MHz bandwidth at 40-GHz carrier frequency is 44 dB corresponding to 7-ENOB resolution.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; 7-ENOB resolution; bandwidth 2 MHz; frequency 40 GHz; optical sub-sampling downconversion receiver; photonic analog-to-digital conversion; Analog-digital conversion; Baseband; Frequency; Narrowband; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Semiconductor device noise; Signal resolution; (060.5625) Radio frequency photonics; (320.7085) Ultrafast information processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
