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Photonic microwave tunable single-bandpass filter based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer

Miguel V. AndrésJose L. CruzBeatriz OrtegaJosé CapmanyAntonio DiezDaniel PastorJose Mora

subject

PhysicsOptical fiberbusiness.industryPhysics::OpticsMach–Zehnder interferometerAtomic and Molecular Physics and Opticslaw.inventionInterferometryOpticsBand-pass filterlawFilter (video)Dispersion (optics)PhotonicsbusinessOptical filter

description

The authors present the theoretical analysis and experimental demonstration of a novel single-bandpass tunable microwave filter. The filter is based on a broadband optical source and a fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer and shows a high Q factor over a tuning range of 5-17 GHz. A generalized analysis considering that the optical signal propagates along optical delay lines with a dispersion slope different from zero is presented.

https://doi.org/10.1109/jlt.2006.874652