Title :
Photonic High-Bandwidth RF Splitter With Arbitrary Amplitude and Phase Offset
Author :
Leimeng Zhuang ; Corcoran, B. ; Chen Zhu ; Lowery, Arthur J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. EngineeringElectro-Photonic Interchange Lab., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
This letter presents an alternative approach to achieve a high-bandwidth RF splitter functionality based on a microwave photonic system. The proposed approach has an arbitrary amplitude and a phase offset between the two outputs. In addition, it features a simple system architecture and easy tuning mechanism. In the experimental demonstration, an instantaneous RF band from 5 to 20 GHz was shown.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical beam splitters; optical tuning; arbitrary amplitude; frequency 5 GHz to 20 GHz; high-bandwidth RF splitter functionality; instantaneous RF band; microwave photonic system; phase offset; photonic high-bandwidth RF splitter; simple system architecture; tuning mechanism; Microwave filters; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical ring resonators; Optical signal processing; Photonics; Radio frequency; FIR; Microwave photonics; RF coupler; arbitrary filter coefficient; phase shifter;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2014.2349010
