Title

Programmable broadband radio-frequency transversal filter with compact fiber-optics and digital microelectromechanical system-based optical spectral control

Authors

Authors

N. A. Riza;M. A. Arain

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Optics

Keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; NOTCH FILTER; Optics

Abstract

To the best of our knowledge, for the first time a programmable broadband rf transversal filter is proposed that operates on the principle of broadband optical spectral control implemented with a spatial light modulator input rf signal time delay and weight selection over a near-continuous signal space. Specifically, the filter uses a chirped fiber Bragg grating in combination with a two-dimensional digital micromirror device to enable a programmable rf filter. As a first step, a two-tap rf notch filter is demonstrated with a tuning range of 0.563-6.032 GHz with a 25-dB notch depth at test notch frequencies of 845 and 905 MHz. The proposed filter can find applications in diverse fields such as radar, communications, medicine, and test and measurement. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

Journal Title

Applied Optics

Volume

43

Issue/Number

15

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

3159

Last Page

3165

WOS Identifier

WOS:000221528200022

ISSN

1559-128X

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