• DocumentCode
    2213064
  • Title

    All optical wideband microwave noise filter

  • Author

    Tulchinsky, D.A. ; Strutz, S.J. ; Williams, K.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Opt. Sci., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    7-9 Jan. 2002
  • Firstpage
    231
  • Lastpage
    234
  • Abstract
    A novel configuration of fiber-optic link is demonstrated which forms a passive microwave noise reduction filter. This circuit is designed to suppress unwanted RF amplitude noise arising from either the transmission laser due to relative intensity noise (RIN), or from an optical amplifier in the form of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). The optics can be configured to select the center RF frequency of the noise filter as well as the depth and bandwidth for filtering.
  • Keywords
    microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical fibre communication; optical filters; optical noise; passive filters; superradiance; RF amplitude noise suppression; all-optical wideband passive microwave noise filter; amplified spontaneous emission; fiber-optic link; optical amplifier; relative intensity noise; transmission laser; Circuit noise; Microwave filters; Noise level; Noise reduction; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical noise; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission; Wideband;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2001. MWP '01. 2001 International Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7003-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2002.981838
  • Filename
    981838