All-fiber chirped microwave pulses generation based on spectral shaping and wavelength-to-time conversion

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1958-1963

  Chi, Hao ^b,c   Yao, Jianping ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chirped pulse; Chromatic dispersion; Frequency modulation; Pulse shaping; Radar; Sagnac loop filter; Waveform generation

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); FREQUENCY MODULATION; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; RADAR SYSTEMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CHIRPED PULSE; NONLINEAR CHROMATIC-DISPERSION-INDUCED WAVELENGTH-TO-TIME MAPPING; OPTICAL SPECTRAL SHAPING; SAGNACLOOP FILTER; SINUSOIDAL SPECTRUM; SPECTRAL SHAPING;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 34548529423     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.904084     Document Type: Article

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