A fully frequency referenced parametric polychromatically sampled analog-to-digital conversion

We present a novel scalable photonically-sampled analog-to-digital-converter based on parametric multicasting, polychromatic sampling and frequency referenced lasers. A sampling rate of 30-GS/s is achieved with three subrate-channels with a 6.2-ENOB performance of a 19-GHz signal.

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