Synthesis of millimeter-wave power spectra using time-multiplexed optical pulse shaping

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 1287-1289

  Huang, Chen Bin ^a   Leaird, Daniel E ^b   Weiner, Andrew M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical signal processing; Pulse shaping

Indexed keywords

BIT STREAM; COMB-LIKE; ELECTRICAL POWER; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB GENERATION; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; OPTICAL-TO-ELECTRICAL CONVERSION; POWER-SPECTRA; PSEUDO RANDOM; PULSE SHAPING; RF-POWER; SPECTRAL LINE; TIME MULTIPLEXED; WAVE FORMS; WAVELENGTH-SWITCHING;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; LASER PULSES; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; POWER SPECTRUM; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WAVE POWER;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 70349417895     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2024957     Document Type: Article

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