Recent progresses on optical arbitrary waveform generation
| Ming LI1,*,José AZA?A2,Ninghua ZHU1,Jianping YAO3 |
1. State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
2. Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (INRS-EMT) 1650 boulevard Lionel-Boulet, Varennes, QC J3X 1S2, Canada
3. Microwave Photonics Research Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada |
Abstract
This paper reviews recent progresses on optical arbitrary waveform generation (AWG) techniques, which could be used to break the speed and bandwidth bottlenecks of electronics technologies for waveform generation. The main enabling techniques for optically generating optical and microwave waveforms are introduced and reviewed in this paper, such as wavelength-to-time mapping techniques, space-to-time mapping techniques, temporal pulse shaping (TPS) system, optoelectronics oscillator (OEO), programmable optical filters, optical differentiator and integrator and versatile electro-optic modulation implementations. The main advantages and challenges of these optical AWG techniques are also discussed.
| Cite this article: |
| Ming LI,José AZA?A,Ninghua ZHU, et al. Recent progresses on optical arbitrary waveform generation[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2014, 7(3): 359-375. |
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