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    Area of Science:

    • Photonics
    • Microwave Engineering
    • Signal Processing

    Background:

    • Photonic generation of microwave waveforms offers advantages like large bandwidth and electromagnetic interference immunity.
    • Existing methods may lack tunability or are complex to implement.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose and demonstrate a novel photonic microwave waveform generator.
    • To achieve tunable waveforms and repetition rates for versatile microwave signal generation.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing a Sagnac loop to control the phase and intensity of a phase-modulated continuous-wave (CW) light.
    • Employing a tunable dispersion compensation module to introduce phase shifts to optical sidebands.
    • Leveraging flexible optical signal control for waveform generation.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully generated full-duty-cycle triangular and square waveforms.
    • Achieved repetition rates of 5 and 10 GHz with corresponding bandwidths of 15 and 30 GHz.
    • Demonstrated potential for bandwidths exceeding 120 GHz with advanced measurement instruments.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed photonic microwave waveform generator offers flexible tunability of waveforms and repetition rates.
    • The scheme is easy to implement and is free from bias drift.
    • This technology holds promise for advanced microwave signal generation applications.