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IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume 18 Number 9, September 2000

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Analysis of Hybrid Optoelectronic WDM ADC

Payam Rabiei and A. F. J. Levi

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Abstract:

A new hybrid optoelectronic wavelength-division demultiplexed (WDM) architecture to extend electronic analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) performance is analyzed and simulated. Mode-locked optical pulses are amplitude-modulated by an RF signal and optically demultiplexed into a number of parallel channels. The signal in each channel is converted to an electrical signal and then passed through a simple low-pass filter. The effect of low-pass filter response,filter matching, noise due to jitter, and detector shot noise on system performance is simulated.

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