Complex-Coefficient Microwave Photonic Filter Based on Orthogonally Polarized Optical Single-Sideband Modulation

A complex-coefficient microwave photonic filter with continuous tunability is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The filter taps are based on a 360° tunable microwave photonic phase shifter, which is realized by orthogonally polarized optical single-sideband (OSSB) modulation. The experimental results are shown and regarded as good performance for the proposed filter. The phase shift for the two taps covers a full 360° range from 8 GHz to 26 GHz. Frequency responses with different center frequency are measured within 20–21 GHz with the full free spectral ranges (FSRs) of 185 MHz and 285 MHz, respectively.