The design of a broadband ESPAR (electrically steerable passive array radiator) antenna for broadband modern communication systems is proposed in this article. A compact broadband cross dipole ESPAR antenna comprises of single active element with cross type and six parasitic elements with cylindrical type. The cross dipole of active element modified with double-curved each radius. Reactance devices are loaded on each parasitic element to control radiation pattern. It satisfied return loss less than 210 dB from bandwidth 2.35 GHz and 2.48 GHz. The radiation patterns are in the same direction and gain has each 4.5 dBi, 4.6 dBi, and 5.3 dBi at resonant frequencies 2.35 GHz, 2.42 GHz, and 2.48 GHz, respectively.ABSTRACT: A new optically tunable low-pass filter (LPF) is presented with a cutoff frequency ranging from 13.71 GHz to 14.79 GHz. Tunability is achieved based on a novel metal insulator metal (MIM) capacitor having a photorefractive insulator that shows 13% change in capacitance. The LPF has been fabricated and measured, and a simple lumped element model extracted to analyze its behavior. The improved meshed MIM capacitor employed in the LPF marks a practical demonstration of an optically tuned filter.