Burst arbitrary millimeter waveform generation via a direct space-to-time optical pulse shaper

Author

McKinney, J.D. ; Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

26-26 Sept. 2002

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

22

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel, direct space-to-time optical pulse shaping technique for the generation of burst millimeter-wave signals at center frequencies approaching 50 GHz. By appropriately tailoring the optical pulse sequences driving a high-speed optical-to-electrical converter, we generate arbitrarily phase- and frequency-modulated millimeter waveforms.

Keywords

frequency modulation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical pulse shaping; phase modulation; photodiodes; waveform generators; 50 GHz; arbitrarily frequency-modulated waveforms; arbitrarily phase-modulated waveforms; burst arbitrary millimeter waveform generation; burst millimeter-wave signals; center frequencies; direct space-to time optical pulse shaper; high-speed optical-to-electrical converter; Frequency; Millimeter wave technology; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2002. Conference Digest. Twenty Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7423-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2002.1076064

Filename

1076064