Title :
Efficient sidelobe suppression by source power apodisation in fibre optic microwave filters composed of linearly chirped fibre grating by laser array
Author :
Capmany ; Pastor, D. ; Ortega, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
fDate :
4/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
First results are provided on efficiently apodised RF filters based on linearly chirped fibre gratings fed by laser arrays yielding sidelobe reductions of 10-20 dB as compared to uniform (unapodised) filters
Keywords :
chirp modulation; diffraction gratings; laser arrays; microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical fibre filters; optical images; RF filter; fibre optic microwave filter; laser array; linearly chirped fibre grating; sidelobe suppression; source power apodisation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990454
