Optical Interference Suppression Using MicroPhotonic RF Filter Structure

Author

Rong Zheng ; Alamch, K.E. ; Zhenglin Wang

Author_Institution

Edith Cowan Univ., Perth, WA

fYear

2004

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2004

Firstpage

201

Lastpage

204

Abstract

The impact of laser coherence noise on conventional photonic RF filters is investigated in this paper. In addition, a new microphotonic adaptive RF filter structure is proposed, which can simultaneously suppress the phased-induced intensity noise caused by optical interference. Results show that the coherence length of the laser light significantly degrades the RF frequency response of a photonic transversal RF filter, whereas the MicroPhotonic RF filter has the capability of generating arbitrary transfer function with no phase-induced intensity noise

Keywords

laser noise; light coherence; light interference; microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical filters; coherence length; laser coherence noise; microphotonic RF filter; optical interference suppression; phased-induced intensity noise; transfer function; Adaptive filters; Adaptive optics; Coherence; Interference suppression; Laser noise; Optical filters; Optical noise; Phase noise; Radio frequency; Transversal filters; laser coherence; phase-induced intensity noise; photonicsignal processor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optoelectronic and Microelectronic Materials and Devices, 2004 Conference on

Conference_Location

Brisbane, Qld.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8820-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMMAD.2004.1577526

Filename

1577526