Polarity- and Shape-Switchable UWB Pulse Generation Based on a Photonic Microwave Delay-Line Filter With a Negative Tap Coefficient

Author

Mu, Hongqian ; Yao, Jianping

Author_Institution

Microwave Photonics Res. Lab., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Volume

21

Issue

17

fYear

2009

Firstpage

1253

Lastpage

1255

Abstract

A novel and simple scheme to implement a two- or three-tap photonic microwave filter with one negative coefficient for polarity- and shape-switchable ultrawideband (UWB) pulse generation is proposed and demonstrated. The entire system can be reconfigured as a two- or three-tap microwave delay-line filter with one negative coefficient realized by operating a balanced photodetector (BPD) as a single photodetector or a BPD for the generation of UWB monocycle or doublet pulses. The polarity of the generated UWB pulses can be switched by tuning the transmission axis of the arbitrary wave plate. The proposed scheme is experimentally demonstrated. Gaussian monocycle and doublet pulses with fractional bandwidths of about 174% and 141% are generated.

Keywords

microwave photonics; optical delay lines; optical filters; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; photodetectors; Gaussian doublet pulse; Gaussian monocycle pulse; UWB pulse generation; arbitrary wave plate; balanced photodetector; fractional bandwidth; negative tap coefficient; photonic microwave delay-line filter; polarity; ultrawideband pulse generation; Bandwidth; Delay; FCC; Microwave filters; Microwave generation; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Phase modulation; Pulse generation; Microwave photonics; phase modulation; photonic microwave delay-line filter; ultrawideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2009.2024643

Filename

5208457