Title :
GHz waveform generation via direct space-to-time optical pulse shaping and dispersive stretching
Author :
McKinney, J.D. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a direct space-to-time optical pulse shaping technique for generation of GHz electromagnetic waveforms. Frequency-modulated optical pulse sequences are stretched in 5.5 km of single-mode fiber and converted to electromagnetic waveforms via fast optical-to-electrical conversion.
Keywords :
frequency modulation; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical fibres; optical pulse shaping; waveform generators; 5.5 km; GHz waveform generation; dispersive stretching; frequency-modulated optical pulse sequences; optical-to-electrical conversion; single-mode fiber; space-to-time optical pulse shaping; Dispersion; Electromagnetic scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fourier transforms; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7982-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224336
