A photonic comb filter with independently and digitally tunable bandwidth and frequency spacing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 857-859

  Yan, L S ^a   Ye, J ^a   Jiang, H Y ^a   Pan, W ^a   Luo, B ^a   Yi, A L ^a   Guo, Y H ^a   Yao, X Steve ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b General Photonics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential group delay; microwave photonics; photonic comb filter

Indexed keywords

COMB FILTER; DIFFERENTIAL-GROUP-DELAY; FREQUENCY SPACING; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; POLARIZATION SWITCHES; TUNABILITIES; TUNABLE BANDWIDTH;

BANDWIDTH; GROUP DELAY;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 79958108758     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2140393     Document Type: Article

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