Stimulated Brillouin Scattering-Based Microwave Photonic Filter With a Narrow and High Selective Passband

Abstract

In this paper, we present a microwave photonic filter bandpass filter with narrow bandwidth and high quality (Q) factor is presented which with a bandwidth of 7.8 MHz, a gain response of 24 dB, and Q factor is 2412. This performance is achieved through tailoring one Brillouin gain spectrum by two Brillouin loss spectrums. By precise control of the individual pump power and frequency, a narrowed bandpass filter is generated. We achieve this performance through the mathematical formulation of the Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) spectrum relative frequency shift and SBS pumps power ratio, resulting in precise parameters resolution of the narrowest filter bandwidth leading to experimentally demonstration. We further show the variation trend of the filter bandwidth and gain response, leading to exploit the general discipline of this technology.