Novel tunable photonic microwave filter based on laser arrays and N × N AWG-based delay lines

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 584-586

  Polo, V ^a   Vidal, B ^a   Corral, J L ^a   Marti, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs); Microwave photonics; Optical delay lines; Photonic microwave filters

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FREQUENCIES; LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; BEAMFORMING NETWORK; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MULTIWAVELENGTH LASER; OPTICAL DELAY LINE; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE FILTER; TUNABLE LASER;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 0037390395     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809297     Document Type: Article

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