Title :
Bandwidth-tunable optical filters based on photonic Hilbert transformation
Author :
Bazargani, H. Pishvai ; Fernandez-Ruiz, M.R. ; Azana, Jose
Author_Institution :
Energie, Mater. et Telecommun. (EMT), Inst. Nat. de la Rech. Sci. (INRS), Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
A complementary (band-pass/band-rejection) optical filter structure with bandwidth tunability ranging from 230 MHz to 20 GHz is proposed and numerically demonstrated using two feasible Bragg grating-based photonic Hilbert transformers incorporated into a Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Hilbert transforms; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; UHF filters; VHF filters; band-pass filters; band-stop filters; microwave filters; optical filters; Bragg grating; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; band-pass filter structure; band-rejection filter structure; bandwidth 230 MHz to 20 GHz; bandwidth-tunable optical filters; complementary; photonic Hilbert transformation; Band-pass filters; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Gratings; Optical fiber filters; Resonator filters;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656474
