Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 45, Issue 11, 1106004(2018)

Multi-Stopband Microwave Photonic Filter Based on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering

Yiming Xu*, Wei Pan, Bing Lu, and Ge Yu
Author Affiliations
  • College of Information Science and Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan 611756, China
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    Schematic of MPF structure
    Principle diagram of multiple stopbands MPF based on SBS. (a) Multi-frequency pump; (b) spectral response with multi-stopband based on SBS
    Experimental structure of multi-stopband MPF
    System frequency responses with different RF signals. (a) Single stopband; (b) two stopbands; (c) three stopbands; (d) four stopbands
    Frequency-tunability of double stopbands
    MPF spectral responses with different powers of RF tones. (a) Original MPF spectral response; (b) spectral response only when the power of 5.5 GHz RF signal is amplified; (c) spectral response only when the power of 5.0 GHz RF signal is amplified; (d) spectral response only when the power of 4.5 GHz RF signal is amplified
    System spectral responses when EA gain is (a) 18.0 dB; (b) 18.5 dB; (c) 19.0 dB; (d) 19.5 dB
    • Table 1. Stopbands with different radio frequency signals

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      Table 1. Stopbands with different radio frequency signals

      Numberof stopbandsComponentfrequency /GHzStopband centralfrequency /GHzStopband rejectionratio /dBStopband 6 dBbandwidth /MHz
      14.54.5648.533.0
      24.54.5637.933.0
      5.04.0635.933.0
      34.54.5630.932.9
      5.04.0630.933.0
      5.53.5627.432.9
      44.05.0625.132.9
      4.54.5621.432.9
      5.04.0621.632.6
      5.53.5622.632.7
    • Table 2. MPF stopbands when two radio frequency components are changed

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      Table 2. MPF stopbands when two radio frequency components are changed

      f1 /GHzfN_1 /GHzf6 dB_1 /GHzR1 /dBf2 /GHzfN_2 /GHzf6 dB_2 /GHzR2 /dB
      4.54.5633.323.97.02.0633.533.4
      4.54.5633.324.36.03.0632.628.4
      4.54.5633.323.95.04.0633.838.8
      4.54.5633.426.13.55.5633.330.8
      4.54.5633.323.92.56.5633.337.9
      4.54.5633.427.11.08.0633.334.9
    • Table 3. Out-of-band rejections based on different powers of RF tones

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      Table 3. Out-of-band rejections based on different powers of RF tones

      PowerOut-of-band rejection of stopband /GHz
      Stopband 1Stopband 2Stopband 3Stopband 4
      For Fig. 6(a)20.9526.5421.3127.87
      For Fig. 6(b)31.3218.3018.5525.36
      For Fig. 6(c)26.6823.0216.0119.59
      For Fig. 6(d)21.8720.7120.8617.79
    • Table 4. Out-of-band rejections based on different EA power gains

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      Table 4. Out-of-band rejections based on different EA power gains

      EA gain /dBOut-of-band rejection of stopband /GHz
      Stopband 1Stopband 2Stopband 3Stopband 4
      18.017.9517.4618.3419.27
      18.521.8620.7220.8620.79
      19.022.5621.5821.3725.08
      19.525.3632.8948.9527.06
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    Paper Information

    Category: fiber optics and optical communications

    Received: Jun. 1, 2018

    Accepted: Jul. 6, 2018

    Published Online: May. 9, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/CJL201845.1106004

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