Rapid updating of optical arbitrary waveforms via time-domain multiplexing.

@article{Scott2008RapidUO,
  title={Rapid updating of optical arbitrary waveforms via time-domain multiplexing.},
  author={Ryan P. Scott and Nicolas K. Fontaine and C. Yang and David J. Geisler and Katsunari Okamoto and Jonathan P. Heritage and S. J. Ben Yoo},
  journal={Optics letters},
  year={2008},
  volume={33 10},
  pages={
          1068-70
        }
}
We demonstrate high-fidelity optical arbitrary waveform generation with 5 GHz waveform switching via time-domain multiplexing. Compact, integrated waveform shapers based on silica arrayed-waveguide grating pairs with 10 GHz channel spacing are used to shape (line-by-line) two different waveforms from the output of a 10-mode x 10 GHz optical frequency comb generator. Characterization of the time multiplexer's complex transfer function (amplitude and phase) by frequency-resolved optical gating… 
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