Nine-channel mid-power bipolar pulse generator based on a field programmable gate array

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Haylock, Ben
Lenzini, Francesco
Kasture, Sachin
Fisher, Paul
Streed, Erik W
Lobino, Mirko
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2016
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Many channel arbitrary pulse sequence generation is required for the electro-optic reconfiguration of optical waveguide networks in Lithium Niobate. Here we describe a scalable solution to the requirement for mid-power bipolar parallel outputs, based on pulse patterns generated by an externally clocked field programmable gate array. Positive and negative pulses can be generated at repetition rates up to 80 MHz with pulse width adjustable in increments of 1.6 ns across nine independent outputs. Each channel can provide 1.5 W of RF power and can be synchronised with the operation of other components in an optical network such as light sources and detectors through an external clock with adjustable delay.

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Review of Scientific Instruments

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87

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Physical sciences

Atomic, molecular and optical physics not elsewhere classified

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