Photonic generation of tunable continuous-wave microwave signals using a temporally-stretched and chirped pulse-train

• Main Authors: Wong, Jia Haur, Lam, Huy Quoc, Aditya, Sheel, Lee, Kenneth Eng Kian, Wong, Vincent, Lim, Peng Huei, Wu, Kan, Ouyang, Chunmei, Shum, Perry Ping
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96919; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11597
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We show analytically and experimentally that direct photodetection of a temporally-stretched and chirped optical pulse-train together with its time-delayed replica can be exploited to realize the generation of tunable continuous-wave microwave signals. The proposed scheme utilizes the chromatic disp...