• DocumentCode
    1521654
  • 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
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    4/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    640
  • Lastpage
    642
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19990454
  • Filename
    771005