Title :
Photonically assisted generation of continuous arbitrary millimetre electromagnetic waveforms
Author :
McKinney, J.D. ; Seo, D.S. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
fDate :
2/6/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel optical-to-electrical technique for the generation of continuous periodic arbitrarily shaped millimetre-wave electromagnetic waveforms at centre frequencies of 50 GHz is demonstrated. Tailored optical pulse sequences from a novel direct space-to-time pulse shaper driving a high-speed photodiode enable generation of arbitrary phase- and frequency-modulated waveforms on a cycle-by-cycle basis.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical pulse shaping; waveform generators; 50 GHz; continuous arbitrary millimetre electromagnetic waveforms; cycle-by-cycle basis; frequency-modulated waveforms; high-speed photodiode; optical-to-electrical technique; phase-modulated waveforms; photonically assisted generation; space-to-time pulse shaper; tailored optical pulse sequences;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030183
