Title :
A novel all-fiber bipolar transversal filter with complementary outputs
Author :
Lai, Yicheng ; Zhang, W. ; Williams, J.A.R.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
A novel all-fiber bipolar delay line filter is realized in a single-line cascaded high birefringence fiber structure. Optically coherent operation is achieved with suppression of interference noise. Complementary filter outputs give simultaneous lowpass and highpass responses.
Keywords :
birefringence; high-pass filters; light coherence; low-pass filters; microwave filters; microwave photonics; optical delay lines; optical fibre filters; all-fiber bipolar transversal filter; bipolar delay line filter; cascaded high birefringence fiber structure; complementary filter outputs; high-pass response; interference noise suppression; low-pass response; microwave transversal filter; optically coherent operation; simultaneous lowpass/highpass responses; single-line cascaded fiber structure; Birefringence; High-pass filters; Low-pass filters; Microwave filters; Optical delay lines; Optical fiber filters;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2002. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
4-88552-187-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2002.1158891
