Title :
Time-gated filter for sideband suppression
Author :
Chou, Jason ; Rose, Todd S. ; Conway, Josh A. ; Valley, George C. ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Photonics Lab., Aerosp. Corp., El Segundo, CA, USA
Abstract :
A time-gated filter is demonstrated that converts a double-sideband radio-frequency waveform on a pulsed optically chirped carrier into a single sideband waveform. The filter is used to reduce the dispersion penalty in time-stretch ADCs.
Keywords :
interference suppression; optical filters; optical modulation; ADC; double-sideband radio-frequency waveform; optically chirped carrier; sideband suppression; single sideband waveform; time-gated filter; Chirp modulation; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Photonics; Pulse amplifiers; RF signals; Radio frequency; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.5625); (070.1170) General;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
