Programmable photonic RF filters based on an integrated Fabry–Pérot laser with a saturable absorber

Zhenzhen Xu; Yitong Liu; Jiahui Liu; Ling Wang; Wentao Sun; Zhenxing Sun; Xiangfei Chen

doi:10.3788/COL202422.023901

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 2, 023901(2024)

Programmable photonic RF filters based on an integrated Fabry–Pérot laser with a saturable absorber

Zhenzhen Xu, Yitong Liu, Jiahui Liu, Ling Wang, Wentao Sun, Zhenxing Sun^**, and Xiangfei Chen^*

Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation of the Ministry of Education & National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures & College of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Institute of Optical Communication Engineering & Nanjing University-Tongding Joint Lab for Large-Scale Photonic Integrated Circuits, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

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Paper Information

Category: Microwave Photonics

Received: Sep. 4, 2023

Accepted: Sep. 26, 2023

Published Online: Feb. 23, 2024

The Author Email: Zhenxing Sun (sunzhenxing@smail.nju.edu.cn), Xiangfei Chen (chenxf@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.023901

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.023901

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