Title :
Self-phase-modulation based low-noise, cavity-less short pulse source for photonic-assisted ADC
Author :
Zhi Tong ; Lan Liu ; Wiberg, Andreas O. J. ; Alic, Nikola ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a high fidelity picosecond optical pulse source based on a cavity-less architecture. After nonlinear regeneration, low-noise pulse trains leading to 8.0 ENOBs at 3.6-GHz sampling rate was achieved in optical sampling.
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; phase modulation; cavity-less short pulse source; frequency 3.6 GHz; high fidelity picosecond optical pulse source; low-noise pulse trains; nonlinear regeneration; photonic-assisted ADC; self-phase-modulation based low-noise; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
