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Photonics Research, Volume. 2, Issue 4, B18(2014)

Tunable sharp and highly selective microwave-photonic band-pass filters based on stimulated Brillouin scattering

Yonatan Stern1, Kun Zhong1,2, Thomas Schneider3, Ru Zhang2, Yossef Ben-Ezra4, Moshe Tur5, and and Avi Zadok1、*
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  • 1Faculty of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 5290002, Israel
  • 2Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
  • 3Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Hochschule für Telekommunikation, D-04277 Leipzig, Germany
  • 4Faculty of Engineering, Holon Institute of Technology, 52 Golomb St., Holon 5810201, Israel
  • 5School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 6997801, Israel
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    Yonatan Stern, Kun Zhong, Thomas Schneider, Ru Zhang, Yossef Ben-Ezra, Moshe Tur, and Avi Zadok, "Tunable sharp and highly selective microwave-photonic band-pass filters based on stimulated Brillouin scattering," Photonics Res. 2, B18 (2014)

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    Special Issue: MICROWAVE PHOTONICS

    Received: Mar. 17, 2014

    Accepted: May. 1, 2014

    Published Online: Sep. 15, 2014

    The Author Email: and Avi Zadok (Avinoam.Zadok@biu.ac.il)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.2.000B18

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