Title :
Widely tunable microwave photonics notch filter based on a waveguide Bragg grating on silicon
Author :
Burla, M. ; Bazargani, H. Pishvai ; St-Yves, J. ; Shi, W. ; Chrostowski, L. ; Azana, J.
Author_Institution :
Mater. et Telecommun. (INRS-EMT), Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci. - Energie, Varennes, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a broadband, frequency agile RF-photonic notch filter based on a waveguide Bragg grating on silicon. The device shows a seamless notch RF frequency tuning over 20 GHz without changes in the shape of the filter response.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; microwave filters; microwave photonics; notch filters; optical filters; optical tuning; Si; filter response; notch filter; seamless notch RF frequency tuning; waveguide Bragg grating; widely tunable microwave photonics; Microwave filters; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical reflection; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995321