Programmable electromagnetic pulse shaping

Author

McKinney, Jason D.

Author_Institution

Photonics Technol., U.S. Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

5-9 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

405

Lastpage

408

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of reprogrammable arbitrary-waveform generation (electromagnetic pulse shaping) enabled by optical pulse shaping technology. Here, generation of wideband millimeter-wave signals, ultra-broadband radiofrequency and microwave waveforms, as well as tunable continuous-wave microwave tones are discussed. Example waveforms exhibiting user-defined temporal and spectral structure at center frequencies from <; 1 - >50 GHz and fractional bandwidths ranging over % BW = 0 - ~170 % are provided. Several applications are also briefly discussed.

Keywords

microwave generation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; optical tuning; reviews; microwave generation; programmable electromagnetic pulse shaping; reprogrammable arbitrary-waveform generation; tunable continuous-wave microwave tones; ultrabroadband radiofrequency generation; user-defined spectral structure; user-defined temporal structure; wideband millimeter-wave signal generation; Microwave theory and techniques; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7824-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2010.5664258

Filename

5664258