APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS WITH ULTRA-WIDE BAND ARBITRARY WAVEFORMS

摘要

Apparatus (22) for generating electrical signals with ultra-wide band arbitrary waveforms, which apparatus (22) comprises an optical impulse generator (24) for generating pulsed optical signals, splitter means (26) for splitting the optical signals into a plurality of optical signals in parallel signal paths, and combiner and optical detector means (30) for combining and detecting the signals in the parallel signal paths to generate the electrical signals with ultra-wide band arbitrary waveforms.