Title :
Tailoring of the power spectral density of ultrawideband RF and microwave signals
Author :
McKinney, Jason D. ; Lin, Ingrid S. ; Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that chirped RF waveforms, synthesized via optical frequency-to-time and optical-to-electrical conversion, lead to increases in RF energy of up to 10× and RF power spectral density up to 10 dB as compared to ultrawideband impulses.
Keywords :
microwaves; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse shaping; spectral analysis; time-frequency analysis; ultra wideband technology; microwave signals; optical frequency-to-time conversion; optical-to-electrical conversion; power spectral density; ultrawideband RF signals; ultrawideband impulses; Bandwidth; Chirp; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse shaping; RF signals; Radio frequency; Shape measurement; Time domain analysis; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8981-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1527995
