Photonic Analog-to-Digital Conversion

• Main Author: Shoop, Barry L. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 81
• Subjects: Electrical engineering.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Input-output equipment (Computers).; Electrical Engineering.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Input/Output and Data Communications.

Photonic-based A/D conversion has received and continues to receive considerable attention as an alternative approach to providing enhanced resolution and speed in high-performance applications. Some of the potential advantages of using pho- tonic technologies are high-speed clocking, broadband sam-...