Title :
Photonically-assisted RF waveform generation using planar lightwave circuits
Author :
Samadi, P. ; Chen, L.R. ; Callender, C. ; Dumais, P. ; Jacob, S. ; Celo, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate photonically-assisted generation of arbitrary RF waveforms with a bandwidth from 20-80 GHz using a reconfigurable silica-based planar lightwave circuit.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; microwave photonics; optical planar waveguides; radiofrequency integrated circuits; thermo-optical devices; thermo-optical effects; waveform generators; SiO2; bandwidth 20 GHz to 80 GHz; photonically-assisted RF waveform generation; reconfigurable silica-based planar lightwave circuit; thermo-optic effects; waveguide cross-section;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698890
