Photonic microwave tunable single-bandpass filter based on a mach-zehnder interferometer

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2500-2509

  Mora, José ^a   Ortega, Beatriz ^b   Díez, Antonio ^a   Cruz, José Luis ^a   Andrés, Miguel V ^a   Capmany, José ^b   Pastor, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Radiofrequency photonic processors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT SOURCES; MICROWAVE FILTERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; RADIOFREQUENCY PHOTONIC PROCESSORS;

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 33746929839     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.874652     Document Type: Article

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