Title :
Photonic radio-frequency arbitrary waveform generation using a virtually-imaged phased-array (VIPA) direct space-to-time pulse shaper at 1.55 /spl mu/m
Author :
Xiao, Shijun ; McKinney, Jason D. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
Abstract :
10-50 GHz arbitrary radio-frequency waveforms with a temporal aperture up to 1.0 ns and peak-to-peak amplitudes as high as 400 mV are generated using a virtually-imaged phased-array direct space-to-time (VIPA-DST) pulse shaper at 1.55 mum
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; microwave photonics; optical arrays; optical pulse shaping; waveform generators; 1.55 mum; 10 to 50 GHz; VIPA; direct space-to-time pulse shaper; photonic radio-frequency arbitrary waveform generation; temporal aperture; virtually-imaged phased-array;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
