Time stretch analog-to-digital converter

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006023",
  "term": "Time stretch analog-to-digital converter",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An instrument system that captures and digitizes very fast, wide-bandwidth analog signals that are too fast for conventional digitizers. The incoming electrical signal is used to modulate a chirped optical pulse, which is then stretched in time by passing it through a dispersive fiber optic cable. This slowed-down optical signal is then converted back to an electrical signal and digitized by a slower, lower-bandwidth analog-to-digital converter (ADC).",
  "subject": "Industrial supplies, equipment, and components",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Time Stretch Analog-Digital-Wandler",
    "es": "convertidor analógico-digital de expansión de tiempo",
    "fr": "convertisseur analogique-numérique à étirement temporel"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/time-stretch-analog-to-digital-converter/"
}