Title :
All-optical parallelization for high sampling rate photonic ADC in fully digital radar systems
Author :
Ghelfi, Paolo ; Ma, Lingmei ; Wu, Xiaoxia ; Yao, Minyu ; Willner, Alan E. ; Bogoni, Antonella
Author_Institution :
Nat. Lab. on Photonic Networks, CNIT, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Optical samples of RF signals are all-optically parallelized for further processing in low-speed electrical digitizers. This technique enables high-rate sampling with no additional jitter and limited SNR degradation, making this solution suitable for radar systems.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; optical radar; RF signals; all-optical parallelization; digital radar systems; high sampling rate photonic ADC; low-speed electrical digitizers; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Consumer electronics; Laser radar; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical mixing; Radio frequency; Sampling methods; Signal sampling; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
