Title :
Ultrafast optics techniques for microwave/millimeter-wave arbitrary waveform generation
Author :
Weiner, A.M. ; McKinney, J.D. ; Leaird, D.E. ; Lin, I. ; Seo, D.S. ; Toong, F.S. ; Xiao, S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we review work at Purdue in which shaped optical pulses are used to drive an optical-to-electrical (O/E) converter. This leverages our femtosecond optical arbitrary waveform generation(AWG) technology to achieve generation of arbitrary voltage waveforms in the range between a few GHz and 50 GHz. A dispersive fiber is used to stretch the optical waveform duration prior to optical-to-electrical converter. The optical power spectrum is shaped using a Fourier transform pulse shaper prior to dispersive stretching.
Keywords :
Fourier transform optics; electro-optical devices; microwave generation; millimetre wave generation; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; reviews; 50 GHz; Fourier transform pulse shaper; dispersive fiber; dispersive stretching; femtosecond optical arbitrary waveform generation; microwave generation; millimeter wave generation; optical power spectrum; optical pulse; optical-electrical converter; reviews; ultrafast optics technique; voltage waveform generation; Dispersion; Fourier transforms; Microwave generation; Microwave theory and techniques; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Power generation; Signal generators; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253150
