Title :
Microwave frequency upshifting technique for broadband arbitrary waveform generation
Author :
Azana, Jose ; Berger, Naum K. ; Levit, Boris ; Smulakovsky, Wadimir ; Fischer, Sed Baruch
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. de la Recherche Scientifique, Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
A new microwave frequency upshifting technique, based on a general temporal self-imaging effect in fiber, is proposed and demonstrated. Experimental results evidence the drastic bandwidth improvement provided by this technique as compared with conventional solutions.
Keywords :
Talbot effect; frequency multipliers; microwave photonics; optical fibres; waveform generators; Talbot effect; bandwidth improvement; broadband arbitrary waveform generation; fiber; microwave frequency upshifting technique; temporal self-imaging effect; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Electrooptic modulators; Microwave frequencies; Microwave generation; Microwave theory and techniques; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical pulses; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192899
