• DocumentCode
    1042672
  • 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
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    1936
  • Lastpage
    1938
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.831324
  • Filename
    1316973