title: Picosecond flat-top pulse generation by low-bandwidth electro-optic sinusoidal phase modulation.
abstract: We report the first experimental demonstration to our knowledge of a microwave frequency upshifting system based on phase modulation. A sequence of flat-top optical and RF pulses at a repetition rate of 18.22 GHz, each with a FWHM time width of approximately 25 ps, is generated from a sinusoidal RF tone of only 3.680 GHz, in good agreement with our analytical and numerical calculations. A simple explanation of this technique based on Talbot effect theory is provided. The practical limitations and capabilities of the phase-modulation-based frequency upshifting approach for ultrabroadband RF waveform generation are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion--Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel.
authors.forename: Naum K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Levit
authors.forename: Baruch
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Azaña