Title :
Bandwidth reconfigurable radio-frequency photonic filters based on directly generated Gaussian-shaped comb
Author :
Wu, Rui ; Leaird, Daniel E. ; Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate bandwidth reconfigurable radio-frequency photonic filters based on optical frequency combs. By changing the comb bandwidth with a manually tunable RF attenuator, the filter bandwidth can be increased by the maximum of 112%.
Keywords :
electro-optical filters; high-speed optical techniques; microwave photonics; optical attenuators; RF attenuator; bandwidth reconfiguration; comb bandwidth; directly generated Gaussian-shaped comb; filter bandwidth; optical frequency combs; radiofrequency photonic filters; Bandwidth; Filtering theory; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Photonics; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
