• DocumentCode
    1520644
  • Title

    A Novel Locking Technique for Very Narrow Tunable Optical Filters With Sub-GHz 3-dB Bandpass

  • Author

    Wang, Li L. ; Kowalcyzk, Tony

  • Author_Institution
    RF Photonics Res. Group, Lockheed Martin Space Syst. Co., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1267
  • Lastpage
    1269
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel locking technique for very narrow bandpass optical tunable filters. Locking stability within 1% of the 3-dB bandwidth was achieved experimentally on filters with 3-dB bandwidths ranging from 1 GHz, 25 MHz, to 1 MHz.
  • Keywords
    microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical filters; frequency 1 GHz; frequency 1 MHz; frequency 25 MHz; locking stability; microwave photonics; very narrow tunable optical filters; Filters; microwave photonics; optical communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2010.2053525
  • Filename
    5491075