Integrated Photonics Based High Speed Arbitrary Waveform Generation

High speed arbitrary waveform generator enabled by photonic digital to analog converter where the bandwidth limitation arising due to interconnect and device parasitics in its electronic counterparts is circumvented. Leveraging the silicon photonic integration technology for this purpose provides a potential high resolution, high bandwidth, and energy efficient solution for signal transmitters.

Integrated Photonics Based High Speed Arbitrary Waveform Generation

High speed arbitrary waveform generator enabled by photonic digital to analog converter where the bandwidth limitation arising due to interconnect and device parasitics in its electronic counterparts is circumvented. Leveraging the silicon photonic integration technology for this purpose provides a potential high resolution, high bandwidth, and energy efficient solution for signal transmitters.

Frequency-Tunable Pulsed Microwave Waveform Generation Based on Unbalanced Single-Arm Interferometer Excited by Near-Infrared Femtosecond Laser

Femtosecond laser-excited generation of frequency-tunable microwave pulses, based on an unbalanced single-arm interferometer with frequency-to-time mapping, has been proposed and demonstrated with easy-to-obtain commercial devices. The optical wave-to-microwave frequency conversion, which involves continuous tuning in the range from 2.0 GHz to 19.7 GHz, was achieved based on simple spatial–optical group delay adjustment. Additionally, the pulse duration of the microwave waveform was measured to be 24 ns as the length of the linear dispersion optical fiber was fixed at 20 km. In addition, owing to the designs of the single-arm optical path and polarization-independent interference, the generated microwave pulse train had better stability in terms of frequency and electrical amplitude. Furthermore, a near-triangular-shaped microwave pulse at 4.5 GHz was experimentally obtained by the superposition of two generated sinusoidal signals, which verified the potential of this system to synthesize special microwave waveform pulses.