Title :
Reconfigurability and tunability of a chirped microwave photonic pulse generator
Author :
Bolea, M. ; Mora, J. ; Ortega, B. ; Capmany, J.
Author_Institution :
ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a microwave chirped pulse generator which is based on the effects of the dispersion slope over the propagation of an optical broadband signal. A complete reconfigurability of the generated signal waveform is easily achieved by a suitable adjustment of the optical source power distribution profile. Moreover, large frequency tuning range and TBWP control of the pulse generated have been also experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; light propagation; light sources; microwave photonics; optical dispersion; optical frequency conversion; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; optical tuning; pulse generators; chirped microwave photonic pulse generator; dispersion slope; frequency tuning; optical broadband signal propagation; optical source power distribution profile; reconfigurability; signal waveform generation; time-bandwidth product; tunability; Chirp; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical fibers; Optical filters;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7824-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2010.5664144
