Title :
Photonic generation of high-power pulsed microwave signals with peak powers up to 14.2 Watt
Author :
Xiaojun Xie ; Kejia Li ; Qinglong Li ; Beling, Andreas ; Campbell, Joe C.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate photonic generation of pulsed 1 GHz and 10 GHz microwave signals with peak power levels as high as 41.5 dBm (14.2 W) and 40 dBm (10 W), respectively, using a modified uni-traveling carrier (MUTC) photodiode.
Keywords :
microwave generation; microwave photonics; photodiodes; frequency 1 GHz; frequency 10 GHz; high-power pulsed microwave signal photonic generation; modified unitraveling carrier photodiode; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical attenuators; Optical pulses; Photodiodes; RF signals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
