Fully reconfigurable photonic microwave transversal filter based on digital micromirror device and continuous-wave, incoherent supercontinuum source

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 5158-5167

  Lee, Ju Han ^a   Chang, You Min ^b   Han, Young Geun ^c   Lee, Sang Bae ^d   Chung, Hae Yang ^b  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DIGITAL DEVICES; MICROWAVE FILTERS; MIRRORS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICE (DMD); INCOHERENT SUPERCONTINUUM (SC); MICROWAVE FILTER TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; MULTIWAVELENGTH OPTICAL FILTER SHAPES;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

EID: 35448961160     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.005158     Document Type: Article

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