Title :
Photonic microwave arbitrary waveform generation using a virtually imaged phased-array (VIPA) direct space-to-time pulse shaper
Author :
Xiao, Shijun ; McKinney, Jason D. ; Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We present the first direct space-to-time pulse shaper using a virtually imaged phased array as the spectral disperser. We use this pulse shaper to demonstrate generation of 10-50-GHz arbitrary microwave waveforms with time apertures as large as 1.0 ns and peak-to-peak amplitudes as high as 400 mV.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical arrays; optical pulse shaping; waveform generators; 10 to 50 GHz; direct space-to-time pulse shaper; microwave arbitrary waveform generation; spectral disperser; virtually imaged phase array; Apertures; Microwave generation; Optical films; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Photodiodes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Pulse shaping methods; Radio frequency;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.831324
