中国物理B ›› 2012, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (6): 68401-068401.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/21/6/068401

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Photonic generation of arbitrary waveforms based on incoherent wavelength-to-time mapping

董建绩, 罗博文, 于源, 张新亮   

  1. Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering,Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 收稿日期:2011-08-29 修回日期:2011-11-29 出版日期:2012-05-01 发布日期:2012-05-01
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB301704), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60901006 and 11174096), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. 2010QN033).

Photonic generation of arbitrary waveforms based on incoherent wavelength-to-time mapping

Dong Jian-Ji(董建绩), Luo Bo-Wen(罗博文), Yu Yuan(于源), and Zhang Xin-Liang(张新亮)   

  1. Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering,Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2011-08-29 Revised:2011-11-29 Online:2012-05-01 Published:2012-05-01
  • Contact: Dong Jian-Ji E-mail:jjdong@mail.hust.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB301704), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60901006 and 11174096), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. 2010QN033).

摘要: We demonstrate experimentally a radio frequency arbitrary waveform generator using the incoherent wavelength-to-time mapping technique. The system is implemented by amplitude modulation of a broadband optical resource whose spectrum is reshaped by a programmable optical pulse shaper and transmitted over a single mode fiber link. The shape of the generated waveform is controlled by the optical pulse shaper, and the fiber link introduces a certain group velocity delay to implement wavelength-to-time mapping. Assisted by the flexible optical pulse shaper, we obtain different shapes of optical waveforms, such as rectangle, triangle, and sawtooth waveforms. Furthermore, we also demonstrate ultra-wideband generation, such as Gaussian monocycle, doublet, and triplet waveforms, using the incoherent technique.

关键词: arbitrary waveform generation, ultra-wideband, wavelength-to-time mapping, incoherent technique

Abstract: We demonstrate experimentally a radio frequency arbitrary waveform generator using the incoherent wavelength-to-time mapping technique. The system is implemented by amplitude modulation of a broadband optical resource whose spectrum is reshaped by a programmable optical pulse shaper and transmitted over a single mode fiber link. The shape of the generated waveform is controlled by the optical pulse shaper, and the fiber link introduces a certain group velocity delay to implement wavelength-to-time mapping. Assisted by the flexible optical pulse shaper, we obtain different shapes of optical waveforms, such as rectangle, triangle, and sawtooth waveforms. Furthermore, we also demonstrate ultra-wideband generation, such as Gaussian monocycle, doublet, and triplet waveforms, using the incoherent technique.

Key words: arbitrary waveform generation, ultra-wideband, wavelength-to-time mapping, incoherent technique

中图分类号:  (Radiowave and microwave (including millimeter wave) technology)

  • 84.40.-x
42.79.Sz (Optical communication systems, multiplexers, and demultiplexers?) 47.27.De (Coherent structures)