Dynamic chirped microwave photonic filter

Author

Bolea, M. ; Mora, J. ; Ortega, B. ; Capmany, J. ; Chen, L.

Author_Institution

ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

14-16 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A chirped single bandpass microwave photonic filter based on a broadband optical source, a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a dispersive element is proposed. Special and unique features are shown such as the capacity of modifying the chirp in the passband using the dispersive element together in combination with the possibility of tunability and reconfigurability. The later features are achieved by means of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and the power spectrum distribution of the optical source.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; band-pass filters; light sources; microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical filters; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; broadband optical source; chirped single bandpass microwave photonic filter; dispersive element; dynamic chirped microwave photonic filter; power spectrum distribution; reconfigurability; tunability; Chirp; Microwave filters; Microwave technology; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2009. MWP '09. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Valencia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4788-6

Type

conf

Filename

5342657