Demonstration of a microwave spectrum analyzer using time-domain processing in optical fibers

Author

Saperstein, R.E. ; Panasenko, D. ; Fainman, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

27-28 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

931

Abstract

In this paper we demonstrate a novel method of direct, frequency domain, spectrum analysis relying on the manipulation of microwave-modulated optical pulses using chromatic dispersion. In our approach the utility of dispersion for signal processing is extended when fiber of opposite dispersion sign and appropriate length is added to a preceding link to perform an inverse Fourier transform (IFT).

Keywords

Fourier transform optics; microwave devices; microwave spectra; optical fibre dispersion; spectral analysers; spectral analysis; time-frequency analysis; chromatic dispersion; frequency domain analysis; inverse Fourier transform; microwave spectrum analyzer; microwave-modulated optical pulses manipulation; optical fibers dispersion; signal processing; spectrum analysis; time-domain processing; Chromatic dispersion; Fourier transforms; Frequency domain analysis; Microwave theory and techniques; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Spectral analysis; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7888-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253109

Filename

1253109