Title :
On-chip, tunable, narrow-bandpass microwave photonic filter using stimulated brillouin scattering (SBS)
Author :
Byrnes, Adam ; Pant, Ravi ; Poulton, Christopher G. ; Li, Enbang ; Choi, Duk-Yong ; Madden, Steve ; Luther-Davies, Barry ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh Bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of a narrow-bandpass (~20MHz), on-chip, tunable, photonic filter for RF signals, using SBS in a chalcogenide waveguide. Extinction ratios of over 20dB for a frequency range of 2-12GHz were realized.
Keywords :
band-pass filters; chalcogenide glasses; extinction coefficients; integrated optoelectronics; microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical filters; optical glass; optical tuning; optical waveguides; stimulated Brillouin scattering; RF signals; SBS; chalcogenide waveguide; extinction ratios; frequency 2 GHz to 12 GHz; on-chip tunable narrow-bandpass microwave photonic filter; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Amplitude modulation; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Resonator filters; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
