Photonic generation of microwave arbitrary waveforms

• Published in: Optics communications 2011-07, Vol.284 (15), p.3723-3736
• Main Author: Yao, Jianping
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arbitrary waveform generation; Direct space-to-time pulse shaping; Fiber Bragg grating; Fiber optics; Filtering; Filtration; Mapping; Microwave Photonics; Microwaves; Photonic microwave delay-line filter; Photonics; Spectra; Spectral-shaping and wavelength-to-time mapping; Temporal logic; Temporal pulse shaping; Waveforms
• ISSN: 0030-4018; 1873-0310
• DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2011.02.069

In this paper, techniques to generate microwave arbitrary waveforms based on all-fiber solutions are reviewed, with an emphasis on the system architectures based on direct space-to-time pulse shaping, spectral-shaping and wavelength-to-time mapping, temporal pulse shaping, and photonic microwave delay-line filtering. The generation of phase-coded and frequency-chirped microwave waveforms is discussed. The challenges in the implementation of the systems for practical applications are also discussed. ► Techniques to generate arbitrary microwave waveforms are reviewed. ► Microwave arbitrary waveform generation (AWG) based on direct space-to-time is discussed. ► Microwave AWG based on spectral-shaping and wavelength-to-time mapping is discussed. ► Microwave AWG based on temporal pulse shaping is discussed. ► Microwave AWG based on photonic microwave delay-line filtering is discussed. ► Examples for generation of frequency-chirped and phase-coded microwave waveforms are provided.