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
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;
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
