Title :
Single-passband microwave photonic filter with negative taps based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer and a phase modulator
Author :
Fu, Hongyan ; Zhu, Kun ; Ou, Haiyan ; He, Sailing
Author_Institution :
Centre for Opt. & Electromagn. Res., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
fDate :
Oct. 30 2008-Nov. 2 2008
Abstract :
A microwave photonic filter based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and a phase modulator is presented, and the experimental results show the suppressed baseband resonance and an extinction ratio of up to ~20 dB.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; band-pass filters; microwave photonics; optical filters; optical modulation; phase modulation; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; extinction ratio; microwave photonic filter; phase modulator; single-passband filter; suppressed baseband resonance; Band pass filters; Baseband; Dispersion; Microwave filters; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Phase modulation; Photonics Society; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2008. AOE 2008. Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-863-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-863-6
