• DocumentCode
    733014
  • Title

    Photonically-enabled microwave function generation via tailored distortion

  • Author

    Bhatia, Amit ; Hong-Fu Ting ; Foster, Mark A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a microwave function generator based on precisely engineering the distortion in a microwave photonic link. By distorting a 5-GHz sinusoid we are able to generate a 5-GHz triangle wave and square pulse train.
  • Keywords
    microwave generation; microwave links; microwave photonics; optical links; frequency 5 GHz; microwave photonic link; photonically-enabled microwave function generation; square pulse train generation; tailored distortion; triangle wave generation; Microwave filters; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Photonics; Signal generators; Transfer functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183451