Ultra-wideband continuous sawtooth generation using RF-photonic technique

Author

Chou, Jyh-Horng ; Poberezhskiy, I. ; Bortnik, Bartosz

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2004

fDate

19-20 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

141

Lastpage

143

Abstract

We report the first continuous-time implementation of the RF-photonic arbitrary waveform generator. The technique utilizes wavelength-to-time mapping of a broadband optical source to convert spectral modulation into a high fidelity time domain signal. The repetition rate of the system is modified to seamlessly interleave adjacent waveforms. As a proof of concept, an ultra-wideband continuous sawtooth is generated with 260 ps duration and fast 30 ps rise time.

Keywords

light sources; microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical modulation; waveform generators; 260 ps; 30 ps; RF-photonic technique; arbitrary waveform generator; broadband optical source; continuous sawtooth generation; continuous-time implementation; high fidelity time domain signal; spectral modulation; ultrawideband generation; wavelength-to-time mapping; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Pulse modulation; Signal generators; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation and Measurement Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8722-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LTIMC.2004.1371011

Filename

1371011