Fully-tunable microwave photonic filter with complex coefficients using tunable delay lines based on frequency-time conversions

Opt Express. 2012 Sep 24;20(20):22728-34. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.022728.

Abstract

A fully electrically tunable microwave photonic filter is realized by the implementation of delay lines based on frequency-time conversion. The frequency response and free spectral range (FSR) of the filter can be engineered by a simple electrical tuning of the delay lines. The method has the capability of being integrated on a silicon photonic platform. In the experiment, a 2-tap tunable microwave photonic filter with a 3-dB bandwidth of 2.55 GHz, a FSR of 4.016 GHz, a FSR maximum tuning range from -354 MHz to 354 MHz and a full FSR translation range is achieved.

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Filtration / instrumentation*
  • Microwaves
  • Photons
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*
  • Telecommunications / instrumentation*