Reconfigurable RF-waveform generation based on incoherent-filter design

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2476-2483

  Torres Company, Víctor ^a   Lancis, Jesús ^a   Andrés, Pedro ^b   Chen, Lawrence R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical propagation in dispersive media; Optical pulse shaping

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVE FILTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BASEBAND; COHERENT PULSED SOURCES; CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL; ELECTRICAL SIGNALS; ELECTRONIC TESTS; ENERGY SPECTRUMS; FILTER DESIGNS; HIGH FLEXIBILITIES; INCOHERENT FILTERS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MILLIMETER-WAVE; OPTICAL PROPAGATION IN DISPERSIVE MEDIA; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; OPTICAL SOURCES; RECONFIGURABILITY; RECONFIGURABLE; RF FILTERS; RF SIGNALS; RF SPECTRUMS; SHAPING; TUNABLE REPETITION RATES; WAVEFORM GENERATIONS; WAVEFORM GENERATORS; WDM CHANNELS; WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 54949101675     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.925629     Document Type: Article

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