Background-free arbitrary waveform generation via polarization pulse shaping

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1193-1195

  McKinney, Jason D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrary waveform generation; microwave photonics; pulse shaping; ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATION; ELECTRICAL DOMAINS; LIMIT SETS; LOW FREQUENCY; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; PHOTO DETECTION; PULSE-SHAPING; WAVE FORMS;

POLARIZATION; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

PULSE GENERATORS;

EID: 77954717693     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2051538     Document Type: Article

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