Dispersion induced RF distortion of spectrum-sliced microwave-photonic filters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 880-886

  Yi, Xiaoke ^a,b   Minasian, Robert A ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Fiber Optics and Photonics Laboratory   (Australia)

^d Engineers Australia   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Microwave photonics; Photonic signal processing; Spectrum slicing

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL SLICING; PHOTONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM SLICING;

BANDWIDTH; DATA REDUCTION; DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 33144490102     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.863050     Document Type: Article

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