DocumentCode
448171
Title
Demonstration of a microwave spectrum analyzer based on time domain processing of ultrafast pulses
Author
Saperstein, R.E. ; Xie, X.B. ; Yu, P.K.L. ; Fainman, Y.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
1109
Abstract
We perform microwave spectrum analysis by dispersing ultrashort pulses to several nanoseconds in duration. Modulating with an arbitrary microwave signal and correlating with a reference provides an output trace containing a discrete version of the microwave spectrum.
Keywords
electro-optical modulation; high-speed optical techniques; microwave devices; microwave photonics; optical dispersion; spectral analysers; spectral analysis; time-domain analysis; chromatic dispersion; microwave signal correlation; microwave signal modulation; microwave spectrum; microwave spectrum analysis; microwave spectrum analyzer; time domain processing; ultrafast pulses; Bandwidth; Laser radar; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Pulse modulation; Signal analysis; Signal processing; Spectral analysis; Time domain analysis; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202040
Filename
1573106
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