Title :
Photonically implemented ultrawideband RF matched filtering
Author :
Weiner, Andrew M. ; Hamidi, Ehsan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
Abstract :
We demonstrate matched filtering of ultrawideband radio frequency waveforms via programmable optical phase filters implemented in a hyperfine resolution pulse shaper. As an example we demonstrate compression of frequency modulated and pseudorandom sequence waveforms.
Keywords :
matched filters; microwave photonics; optical filters; radiofrequency filters; frequency modulated waveforms; photonically implemented ultrawideband RF matched filtering; programmable optical phase filters; pseudorandom sequence waveforms; ultrawideband radio frequency waveforms; waveform compression; Bandwidth; Filtering; Matched filters; Microwave filters; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse compression methods; Radio frequency; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688708
