Demonstration of high-fidelity dynamic optical arbitrary waveform generation
Author(s) -
Nicolas K. Fontaine,
David J. Geisler,
Ryan P. Scott,
Tingting He,
J.P. Heritage,
Sung Jong Yoo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.18.022988
Subject(s) - waveform , optics , multiplexer , bandwidth (computing) , passband , computer science , multiplexing , physics , telecommunications , band pass filter , radar
We experimentally demonstrate a dynamic line-by-line optical arbitrary waveform generation technique capable of generating continuous and bandwidth scalable high-fidelity waveforms without update rate limitations. Two quadrature modulators are used to create up to three spectral slices that are coherently combined by a passband-shaped multiplexer into a single contiguous spectrum to form complex optical waveforms with up to 30 GHz of bandwidth and 6 ns record lengths.
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