%0 Book %0 [E-Book] / %A Shoop, Barry L. %E Shoop, Barry L. %I Springer %D 2001 %C Berlin, Heidelberg %G englisch %B Springer Series in Optical Sciences ; %@ 9783540444084 %T Photonic Analog-to-Digital Conversion [E-Book] %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44408-4 %X 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- pling, reduced mutual interference of signals, and compati- bility with existing photonic-based systems. This book pro- vides a comprehensive look at the application of photonic devices and architectures to the problem of A/D conversion. It includes a complete description of A/D converter performance characteristics, the various approaches to A/D conversion, and an introduction to several photonic devices used in photonic A/D converters, and it includes a detailed treatment of the application of both temporal and spatial oversampling techniques to photonic A/D conversion. It shows progress made, discusses current research, and provides a glimpse of several promising future architecutres and technologies.