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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 18, Iss. 22 — Oct. 25, 2010
  • pp: 22988–22995

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Demonstration of high-fidelity dynamic 
optical arbitrary waveform generation

Nicolas K. Fontaine, David J. Geisler, Ryan P. Scott, Tingting He, Jonathan P. Heritage, and S. J. B. Yoo  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 22, pp. 22988-22995 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.022988


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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a dynamic line-by-line optical arbitrary waveform generation technique capable of generating continuous and bandwidth scalable high-fidelity waveforms without update rate limitations. Two quadrature modulators are used to create up to three spectral slices that are coherently combined by a passband-shaped multiplexer into a single contiguous spectrum to form complex optical waveforms with up to 30 GHz of bandwidth and 6 ns record lengths.

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OCIS Codes
(320.0320) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast optics
(320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping

ToC Category:
Ultrafast Optics

History
Original Manuscript: July 26, 2010
Revised Manuscript: September 20, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: September 27, 2010
Published: October 15, 2010

Citation
Nicolas K. Fontaine, David J. Geisler, Ryan P. Scott, Tingting He, Jonathan P. Heritage, and S. J. B. Yoo, "Demonstration of high-fidelity dynamic 
optical arbitrary waveform generation," Opt. Express 18, 22988-22995 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-22-22988


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