Spectral Power Enhancement in a 100 GHz Photonic Millimeter-Wave Generator Enabled by Spectral Line-by-Line Pulse Shaping

F.-M. Kuo; J.-W. Shi; H.-C. Chiang; H.-P. Chuang; H.-K. Chiou; C.-L. Pan; N.-W. Chen; H.-J. Tsai; C.-B. Huang

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2064160

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2010)

Spectral Power Enhancement in a 100 GHz Photonic Millimeter-Wave Generator Enabled by Spectral Line-by-Line Pulse Shaping

F.-M. Kuo,
J.-W. Shi,
H.-C. Chiang,
H.-P. Chuang,
H.-K. Chiou,
C.-L. Pan,
N.-W. Chen,
H.-J. Tsai,
C.-B. Huang

Affiliations

F.-M. Kuo: <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$^{1}$</tex></formula>Department of Electrical Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
J.-W. Shi: Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan
H.-C. Chiang: <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$^{2}$</tex></formula>Institute of Photonics Technologies , National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
H.-P. Chuang: Inst. of Photonics Technol., Nat. Tsing-Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
H.-K. Chiou: Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan
C.-L. Pan: <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$^{3}$</tex></formula>Department of Physics, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
N.-W. Chen: <formula formulatype="inline"><tex Notation="TeX">$^{4}$</tex></formula>Department of Communications Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Zhongli, Taiwan
H.-J. Tsai: Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan
C.-B. Huang: Inst. of Photonics Technol., Nat. Tsing-Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2064160
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 5
pp. 719 – 727

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We report generation of high-modulation-depth photonic millimeter-wave (MMW) waveforms by applying line-by-line pulse shaping on a phase-modulated continuous-wave frequency comb. The optimized 20 and 100 GHz optical waveforms are then converted into electrical MMW signals using a near-ballistic uni-traveling-carrier photodiode (NBUTC-PD). A 7.4 dB MMW power enhancement is experimentally achieved by using 2.6 ps optimized pulses at a 100 GHz repetition rate, as compared with excitation by a conventional sinusoidal signal for the NBUTC-PD operated at the same photocurrent. This is in qualitative agreement with a theoretical analysis of spectral power enhancement by optical short pulses comprised of equi-amplitude frequency lines over sinusoidal excitation.

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ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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