Highly reconfigurable microwave photonic single-bandpass filter with complex continuous-time impulse responses

Opt Express. 2012 Nov 19;20(24):26929-34. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.026929.

Abstract

We propose a novel structure of complex-tap microwave photonic filter (MPF) employing an incoherent broadband optical source (BOS) and a programmable optical spectrum processor. By tailoring the optical spectral amplitude and phase, arbitrary complex continuous-time impulse responses of the MPF can be constructed. Frequency responses with a single flat-top, highly chirped, or arbitrary-shape passband are demonstrated, respectively. The passband center can also be tuned in a wide range only limited by the opto-electrical devices. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first demonstration of an incoherent-BOS-based MPF which is single-bandpass, widely tunable, and highly reconfigurable with complex taps.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Filtration / instrumentation*
  • Microwaves*
  • Photons*
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Telecommunications / instrumentation*