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 c...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2021-12, Vol.11 (24), p.11928
Main Authors: Jia, Xing, Tang, Longhuang, Liu, Shenggang, Ma, Heli, Tao, Tianjiong, Chen, Long, Wu, Jian, Li, Chengjun, Wang, Xiang, Zhang, Linwen, Weng, Jidong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Experiments
femtosecond laser
Femtosecond pulsed lasers
frequency conversion
Group delay
Infrared lasers
Interferometers
Lasers
Microwave frequencies
microwave photonics
Optical fibers
Pulse duration
Waveforms
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app112411928