• DocumentCode
    2236292
  • Title

    Compression of ultra-wideband microwave arbitrary waveforms via optical pulse shaping

  • Author

    Hamidi, Ehsan ; Lin, Ingrid S. ; Weiner, Andrew M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report matched filtering of ultra-wideband microwave waveforms via programmable optical phase filters implemented in a hyperfine resolution pulse shaper. As an example we demonstrate compression of an 800-ps electrical chirp waveform to 42 ps.
  • Keywords
    matched filters; optical filters; optical pulse shaping; arbitrary waveforms; compression; electrical chirp waveform; hyperfine resolution; matched filtering; optical pulse shaping; programmable optical phase filters; ultrawideband microwave waveforms; Bandwidth; Matched filters; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical signal processing; Pulse compression methods; Radio frequency; Ultra wideband technology; (060.5625) Radio frequency photonics; (320.5540) Pulse shaping; (350.4010) Microwaves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571459