Photonically enabled agile rf waveform generation by optical comb shifting.

@article{Long2010PhotonicallyEA,
  title={Photonically enabled agile rf waveform generation by optical comb shifting.},
  author={Christopher Michael Long and Daniel E. Leaird and Andrew M. Weiner},
  journal={Optics letters},
  year={2010},
  volume={35 23},
  pages={
          3892-4
        }
}
We present a photonically enabled rf arbitrary waveform generator that can rapidly switch between two output waveforms. This method is based on line-by-line shaping of an optical comb and then converting the optical pulses to rf waveforms with a fast photodetector. It uses a single diode laser as the optical source and selects different patterns preprogrammed into an optical pulse shaper by shifting the laser frequency. We demonstrate minimum update delay times of 0.45 ns. 
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