Coherent Fourier transform electrical pulse shaping

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3073-3082

  Xiao, Shijun ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; OPTICS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATION; ELECTRICAL PULSES; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; OPTICAL TO ELECTRICAL CONVERSION;

COHERENT LIGHT;

EID: 33645505758     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003073     Document Type: Article

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