Programmable microwave photonic phase filters with large time-bandwidth product based on ultra-broadband optical frequency comb generation

2012 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2012 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 80-83

  Song, M ^a   Wu, R ^a   Torres Company, V ^a,b   Weiner, A M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microwave photonic filters; optical frequency combs; optical pulse shaping; phase filters; ultrafast nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

LINE-BY-LINE PULSE SHAPING; MICROWAVE PHOTONIC FILTERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB GENERATION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB GENERATORS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; PHASE FILTERS; TIME-BANDWIDTH PRODUCTS; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR OPTICS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 84875582751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2012.6474059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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