Chirped Microwave Pulse Generation Using an Integrated SiP Bragg Grating in a Sagnac Loop

We demonstrate an integrated spectral shaper based on a Sagnac loop incorporating a chirped Bragg grating in silicon photonics for the photonic generation of chirped microwave pulses. The technique is based on optical spectral shaping combined with linear frequency-to-time mapping. By tuning the central wavelength of the input optical pulse, we obtain chirped microwave pulses with central frequencies ranging from ~10 GHz to ~30 GHz and an RF chirp rate of ~20 GHz/ns with both positive and negative signs.

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