Nonuniformly-spaced photonic microwave delay-line filter

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4713-4718

  Dai, Yitang ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; MICROWAVES; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

BANDPASS RESPONSE; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE DELAY-LINE FILTER; TAP SPACING;

OPTICAL FILTERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTON; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FILTRATION; MICROWAVES; PHOTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 41649101439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004713     Document Type: Article

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