Title :
Photonic integrated circuits for microwave photonics applications
Author :
Chen, Lawrence R. ; Ashrafi, Reza ; Junjia Wang ; Dizaji, Mohammad Rezagholipour ; Hai, Mohammed Shafiqul ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. ; Adams, Rene
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate photonic arbitrary waveform generation based on microwave photonic filtering. We show uniform and apodized waveforms, as well as tuning of the RF spectrum. We discuss how the photonic structure can be fully integrated in silicon photonics.
Keywords :
integrated optics; microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical filters; optical tuning; silicon; RF spectrum tuning; apodized waveforms; microwave photonic filtering; microwave photonics applications; photonic arbitrary waveform generation; photonic integrated circuits; photonic structure; silicon photonics; uniform waveforms; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave circuits; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Microwave photonics; arbitrary waveform generation; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP) and the 2014 9th Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference (APMP), 2014 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2014.6994482
