title: High-Q microwave photonic filter with a tuned modulator.
abstract: We propose the use of tuned electro-optic or electroabsorption external modulators to implement high-quality (high-Q) factor, single-bandpass photonic filters for microwave signals. Using this approach, we experimentally demonstrate a transversal finite impulse response with a Q factor of 237. This is to our knowledge the highest value ever reported for a passive finite impulse-response microwave photonic filter.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Telecommunications and Multimedia, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. jcapmany@dcom.upv.es
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Capmany
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pastor