Gigahertz-wide optically reconfigurable filters using stimulated Brillouin scattering

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2168-2174

  Zadok, Avinoam ^a   Eyal, Avisha ^a   Tur, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical modulation formats; Optical signal processing; Optical tunable filters; Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HARMONIC DISTORTION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHOTONICS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

GIGAHERTZ BANDWIDTH; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTERS;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 34548286831     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.901336     Document Type: Article

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