Title :
Rapidly reconfigurable RF arbitrary waveform synthesis using a CMOS silicon photonic chip
Author :
Jian Wang ; Fuwan Gan ; Ben Niu ; Hao Shen ; Leaird, Daniel E. ; Weiner, Andrew M. ; Minghao Qi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate nanosecond-reconfigurable RF waveforms with a time-domain synthesis method using a silicon photonic chip. The waveform is modulated by a synchronized silicon electro-optic intensity modulator embedded in the pulse shaper.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; function generators; integrated optoelectronics; radiofrequency integrated circuits; silicon; CMOS silicon photonic chip; Si; nanosecond-reconfigurable RF waveforms; pulse shaper; rapidly reconfigurable RF arbitrary waveform synthesis; synchronized silicon electro-optic intensity modulator; time-domain sγnthesis method; Modulation; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Photonics; Radio frequency; Silicon; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu2A.2
