Title :
Optical linear sideband chirp compression for microwave arbitrary waveform generation
Author :
Reibel, Randy R. ; Chang, Tiejun ; Tian, Mingzhen ; Babbitt, W. Randall
Author_Institution :
Spectrum Lab., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA
Abstract :
A novel approach for the practical implementation of photonic arbitrary waveform generation of microwave signals is explored. Here we describe and demonstrate linear sideband chirp compression over 1 GHz bandwidth with a compression factor of >4000.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical pulse compression; optical pulse shaping; microwave arbitrary waveform generation; optical linear sideband chirp compression; Bandwidth; Chirp; Frequency; Holographic optical components; Holography; Microwave generation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse shaping; Phase modulation; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2004. MWP'04. 2004 IEEE International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8491-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2004.1396873
