Reconfigurable photonic microwave filter based on four-wave mixing

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 759-764

  Vidal, Borja ^a   Palací, Jesús ^a   Capmany, Jose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

four wave mixing; microwave photonics signal processing; Photonic microwave filter

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL CARRIERS; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE FILTERS; TAPPED DELAY LINE;

FOUR WAVE MIXING; MICROWAVE FILTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 84861350988     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2197821     Document Type: Article

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