Broad-band RF photonic phase shifter based on stimulated brillouin scattering and single-sideband modulation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 208-210

  Loayssa, Alayn ^a,b   Lahoz, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a IEEE   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical signal processing; Optical single sideband modulation; Photonic RF phase shifters; Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL SINGLE-SIDEBAND MODULATION; PHOTONIC RF PHASE SHIFTERS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING (SBS);

BANDWIDTH; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHOTONS;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 33747606574     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.861307     Document Type: Article

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