Photonic Synthesis and Processing of Ultrabroadband Radio-Frequency Waveforms

Abstract

The overall objective of this project was to investigate the use of broadband photonic techniques, initially developed in the context of ultrafast optics, for synthesis and processing of ultrabroadband radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic signals, with an emphasis of signals beyond the speed and bandwidth limits of direct electronic solutions. Although much of the work performed falls into FCC's 3.1-10.6 GHz UWB band, our methods are directly applicable also to higher frequency bands, with results demonstrated up to 50 GHz.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 17, 2009
Accession Number
ADA517538

Entities

People

  • Andrew M. Weiner

Organizations

  • Purdue University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antennas
  • Bandwidth
  • Broadband Antennas
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy Bands
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Horn Antennas
  • Modulation
  • Power Spectra
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Frequency Power
  • Time Domain
  • Waveform Generators
  • Waveforms
  • Wireless Communications

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics