Title :
Tunable photonic microwave filter using slow light in vertical cavity surface emitting laser
Author :
Peng, Peng-Chun ; Yeh, Shin-Kai ; Wu, Fang-Ming ; Chen, Jason Jyehong ; Lin, Chun-Ting ; Jiang, Wen-Jr ; Shih, Po Tsung ; Kuo, Hao-Chung ; Chi, Sien
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taipei
Abstract :
A tunable photonic microwave filter using slow light in a VCSEL is proposed and experimentally demonstrated for the first time. Tunable microwave notch filter at 20 GHz can be achieved by adjusting the bias current of VCSEL.
Keywords :
microwave filters; microwave photonics; surface emitting lasers; VCSEL; frequency 20 GHz; tunable photonic microwave filter; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; Masers; Microwave filters; Optical buffering; Optical filters; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Slow light; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; (230.1150) Optical devices : All-optical devices; (250.7260) vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
