Real-time jitter correction in a photonic analog-to-digital converter

Olson, Joshua; Perlmutter, David S.; DeVore, Peter S.; Chou, Jason T.

doi:10.1364/ol.397249

Real-time jitter correction in a photonic analog-to-digital converter

Journal Article · Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.397249· OSTI ID:1785923

^[1]; Perlmutter, David S. ^[2]; DeVore, Peter S. ^[2]; Chou, Jason T. ^[2]

Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

A real-time jitter meter is used to measure and digitally sample the pulse-to-pulse timing error in a laser pulse train. The jitter meter is self-referenced using a single-pulse delay line interferometer and measures timing jitter using optical heterodyne detection between two frequency channels of the pulse train. Jitter sensitivity down to 3×10^-10 fs²/Hz at 500 MHz has been demonstrated with a pulse-to-pulse noise floor of 1.6 fs. Furthermore, as a proof of principle, the digital correction of the output of a high-frequency photonic analog-to-digital converter (PADC) is demonstrated with an emulated jitter signal. Up to 23 dB of jitter correction, down to the noise floor of the PADC, is accomplished with radio-frequency modulation up to 40 GHz.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1785923

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--809819; 1016230

Journal Information:: Optics Letters, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 45; ISSN 0146-9592

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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