Frequency-selective filtering and analysis of radio-over-fiber using stimulated Brillouin scattering

Author

Stern, Y. ; Zadok, Avi ; Kun Zhong ; Ru Zhang ; Schneider, T. ; Tur, Moshe ; Ben-Ezra, Y.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Bar-Ilan Univ., Ramat-Gan, Israel

fYear

2013

fDate

28-31 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

149

Abstract

A method for tunable microwave-photonic and optical filtering of broadband waveforms is proposed and demonstrated. The principle relies on stimulated Brillouin scattering in standard, birefringent optical fibers, and the associated effect of polarization pulling. The method is employed in the implementation of tunable microwave-photonic band-pass filters with 45 dB selectivity, and in optical spectral analysis of sub-carrier-multiplexed data transmission with tones separation of only 10 MHz.

Keywords

band-pass filters; birefringence; microwave photonics; multiplexing; optical fibre filters; optical fibre polarisation; radio-over-fibre; stimulated Brillouin scattering; broadband waveforms; frequency-selective filtering; optical filtering; optical spectral analysis; polarization pulling; radio-over-fiber; standard birefringent optical fibers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; subcarrier-multiplexed data transmission; tone separation; tunable microwave-photonic band-pass filters; Band-pass filters; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Scattering; Microwave Photonics (MWP); Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA); Radio-over-Fiber (RoF); Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2013 International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Alexandria, VA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2013.6724041

Filename

6724041