Title :
Photonic generation of UWB monocycle pulses using a cascaded semiconductor optical amplifier and electroabsorption modulator
Author :
Zhou, Enbo ; Zhang, Xinliang ; Yu, Xianbin ; Dong, Jianji ; Xue, Weiqi ; Monroy, Idelfonso Tafur
Author_Institution :
Wuhan Nat. Lab. for Optoelectron., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
Abstract :
Photonic generation of ultrawideband monocycle pulses is experimentally demonstrated by using a cascaded semiconductor optical amplifier and electroabsorption modulator. The polarity and the shape of the ultrawideband monocycle pulses can be electrically controlled and optimized.
Keywords :
amplifiers; electroabsorption; pulse modulation; ultra wideband communication; UWB monocycle pulses; cascaded semiconductor optical amplifier; electroabsorption modulator; photonic generation; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical transmitters; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal generators; (060.5625) Radio frequency photonics; (250.5980) Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (350.4010) Microwaves;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
