High-speed microwave photonic switch for millimeter-wave ultra-wideband signal generation

Opt Lett. 2013 Feb 15;38(4):579-81. doi: 10.1364/OL.38.000579.

Abstract

We propose a scheme for generating millimeter-wave (MMW) ultra-wideband (UWB) signal that is free from low-frequency components and a residual local oscillator. The system consists of two cascaded polarization modulators and is equivalent to a high-speed microwave photonic switch, which truncates a sinusoidal MMW into short pulses. The polarity switchability of the generated MMW-UWB pulse is also demonstrated.