This paper reviews recent progresses on optical arbitrary waveform generation （AWG） techniques, which could be used to break the speed and bandwidth bottle- necks of electronics technologies for waveform generation....This paper reviews recent progresses on optical arbitrary waveform generation （AWG） techniques, which could be used to break the speed and bandwidth bottle- necks of electronics technologies for waveform generation. The main enabling techniques for optically generating optical and microwave waveforms are introduced and reviewed in this paper, such as wavelength-to-time mapping techniques, space-to-time mapping techniques, temporal pulse shaping （TPS） system, optoelectronics oscillator （OEO）, programmable optical filters, optical differentiator and integrator and versatile electro-optic modulation implementations. The main advantages and challenges of these optical AWG techniques are also discussed.展开更多
基金Acknowledgements We would like to thank our colleagues for their contributions in these works, such as Reza Ashrafi, Chao Wang, Tae-Jung Ahn, Ze Li, Wei Li, Ningbo Huang, Ye Deng, Yi Hu, Roberto Morandotti, Yichen Han, Shilong Pan, Maria Rosario and Wangzhe Li. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos. 61377002, 61321063, and 61090391）. This work was also supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada （NSERC）. Ming Li was supported in part by the ＂Thousand Young Talent＂ program.
文摘This paper reviews recent progresses on optical arbitrary waveform generation （AWG） techniques, which could be used to break the speed and bandwidth bottle- necks of electronics technologies for waveform generation. The main enabling techniques for optically generating optical and microwave waveforms are introduced and reviewed in this paper, such as wavelength-to-time mapping techniques, space-to-time mapping techniques, temporal pulse shaping （TPS） system, optoelectronics oscillator （OEO）, programmable optical filters, optical differentiator and integrator and versatile electro-optic modulation implementations. The main advantages and challenges of these optical AWG techniques are also discussed.
