Photonic generation of arbitrary waveforms based on incoherent wavelength-to-time mapping

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2012-06-16
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Wedemonstrateexperimentallyaradiofrequencyarbitrarywaveformgeneratorusingtheincoherentwavelengthto-timemappingtechnique.Thesystemisimplementedbyamplitudemodulationofabroadbandopticalresourcewhosespectrumisreshapedbyaprogrammableopticalpulseshaperandtransmittedoverasinglemodefiberlink.Theshapeofthegeneratedwaveformiscontrolledbytheopticalpulseshaper,andthefiberlinkintroducesacertaingroupvelocitydelaytoimplementwavelength-to-timemapping.Assistedbytheflexibleopticalpulseshaper,weobtaindifferentshapesofopticalwaveforms,suchasrectangle,triangle,andsawtoothwaveforms.Furthermore,wealsodemonstrateultra-widebandgeneration,suchasGaussianmonocycle,doublet,andtripletwaveforms,usingtheincoherenttechnique.