Title :
Optical generation of UWB waveform via upconversion of gain-switched laser pulses
Author :
Mirshafiei, Mehrdad ; Ghazisaeidi, Amirhossein ; Lemus, David ; Rusch, Leslie A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Opt., Photonics, & Lasers (COPL), Laval Univ., Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a low-cost optical UWB pulse generation method. A gain-switched laser pulse is dispersed by optical fiber and upconverted to the center of the FCC mask using an optical intensity modulator.
Keywords :
Q-switching; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical wavelength conversion; gain-switched laser pulses; low-cost optical UWB pulse generation; optical fiber dispersion; optical intensity modulator; upconversion;
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.2010.5699058
