Photonic microwave bandpass filter with negative coefficients using a polarization modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 644-646

  Yao, Jianping ^a   Wang, Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bandpass filter; Microwave photonics; Photonic microwave filter; Polarization modulation; Polarization maintaining fiber (PMF)

Indexed keywords

LASER TUNING; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; POLARIZATION;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; POLARIZATION MODULATION; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER (PMF);

BANDPASS FILTERS;

EID: 34147111250     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.894942     Document Type: Article

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