Title :
Microwave photonic filters with > 65 dB sidelobe suppression using directly generated broadband, quasi — Gaussian shaped optical frequency combs
Author :
Wu, R. ; Supradeepa, V.R. ; Hamidi, E. ; Long, C.M. ; Leaird, D.E. ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We present microwave photonic filters with record >;65 dB sidelobe suppression using directly generated, broadband, quasi-Gaussian combs using cascaded-FWM based spectral broadening of combs generated from tailored E-O modulation of CW lasers.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical filters; directly generated broadband; microwave photonic filters; quasiGaussian shaped optical frequency combs; sidelobe suppression; spectral broadening; Band pass filters; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber filters;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
