Title :
Photonic synthesis of spread spectrum radio frequency waveforms over arbitrarily long time apertures
Author :
Yihan Li ; Dezfooliyan, Amir ; Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
A photonic radio frequency generation setup is designed to generate arbitrary waveforms with ~10 GHz bandwidth and arbitrarily long time apertures. Experiments are conducted through implementing pseudorandom sequence modulation and differential optical-to-electrical conversion.
Keywords :
function generators; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; random sequences; arbitrarily long time apertures; arbitrary waveform generation; differential optical-to-electrical conversion; photonic radio frequency generation setup; photonic synthesis; pseudorandom sequence modulation; spread spectrum radio frequency waveforms; Apertures; Bandwidth; Optical fibers; Optical pulse shaping; Photonics; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
