Title :
State of the art and future trends of photonic processing techniques for RF filtering
Author :
Capmany, J. ; Pastor, D. ; Ortega, B. ; Sales, S.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. Group, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
This paper presents the fundamental principles and limitations of photonic based filters for RF, microwave and millimetre waves. A special emphasis is made on structures that employ fiber Bragg gratings as tunable delay lines.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; microwave filters; microwave photonics; millimetre wave filters; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical information processing; optical tuning; RF filtering; fiber Bragg gratings; microwave waves; millimetre waves; photonic based filters principle; photonic processing techniques; tunable delay lines; Circuits; High speed optical techniques; Integrated optics; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253032
