A narrow-passband and frequency-tunable microwave photonic filter based on phase-modulation to intensity-modulation conversion using a phase-shifted fiber bragg grating

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1287-1296

  Li, Wangzhe ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); microwave photonic filter (MPF); microwave photonics; phase modulator; phase modulation to intensity modulation (PM IM) conversion

Indexed keywords

INTENSITY MODULATIONS; MICROWAVE PHOTONIC FILTERS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL CARRIERS; PASS BANDS; PHASE MODULATOR; PHASE SHIFTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING (PSFBG); TUNABILITIES;

BANDWIDTH; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROWAVE FILTERS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 84862800041     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2012.2187678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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