Title :
WDM photonic microwave filter using nonuniform wavelength spacing
Author :
Vidal, B. ; Corral, J.L. ; Marti, J.
Author_Institution :
Centro de Tecnologia Nanofotonica, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
A perturbational method to improve the stopband suppression of WDM photonic microwave filters based on using optical carriers with nonuniform spacing is presented. Unlike amplitude windowing, the use of nonuniform wavelength spacing does not significantly increase the filter mainlobe bandwidth, increasing the filter efficiency.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; perturbation theory; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; nonuniform wavelength spacing; optical carriers; perturbational method; photonic microwave filter; stopband suppression; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Least squares approximation; Microwave filters; Microwave theory and techniques; Millimeter wave technology; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Transfer functions; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2004. MWP'04. 2004 IEEE International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8491-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2004.1396838
