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Photonic time-intensity integrator based on the polarization sensitivity and amplitude modulation characteristics of
Abstract:
A photonic time-intensity integrator is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. By leveraging the polarization sensitivity and amplitude modulation characteristics of the Mach-Zehnder modulator, the signal to be processed is modulated on the complex envelope of the optical field. A Fabry-Perot filter subsequently performs the integration operation on the complex envelope, which is linearly converted into an optical intensity envelope to produce the desired intensity integration result. Detailed theoretical analysis and experimental procedures are provided. In the experiment, the integrator converts square waveforms with various duty cycles into triangular waveforms with different symmetry factors and transforms a Sinc waveform into a sawtooth waveform, effectively verifying its performance. The system features a simple structure and operates without the constraint of an integration time window, providing a new approach for flexible microwave waveform generation, transformation, and signal processing..
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