Characterization of a compressively sampled photonic link

The emerging field of compressive sampling has potentially powerful implications for the design of analog-to-digital sampling systems. In particular, the mathematics of compressive sampling suggests that one can recover a signal at a smaller sampling interval than is dictated by the rate at which th...

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Published inApplied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 51; no. 27; p. 6448
Main Authors Nichols, J M, McLaughlin, C V, Bucholtz, F, Michalowicz, J V
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 20.09.2012
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Summary:The emerging field of compressive sampling has potentially powerful implications for the design of analog-to-digital sampling systems. In particular, the mathematics of compressive sampling suggests that one can recover a signal at a smaller sampling interval than is dictated by the rate at which the samples are digitized. In a recent work the authors presented an all-photonic implementation of such a system and experimentally demonstrated the basic operating principles. This paper offers a more in-depth study of the system, including a more detailed description of the hardware, issues involved in real-time implementation, and how choice of signal model and model fidelity can influence the reconstruction.
ISSN:2155-3165
DOI:10.1364/AO.51.006448