Coherent photonic processing of microwave signals using spatial light modulators: Programmable amplitude filters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2523-2529

  Xiao, Shijun ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Pulse shaping

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVE FILTERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COHERENT PHOTONIC PROCESSING; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PROGRAMMABLE AMPLITUDE FILTERS; PULSE-SHAPING GEOMETRY;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 33746894510     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.874649     Document Type: Article

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