Whispering-gallery-mode electro-optic modulator and photonic microwave receiver

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 333-342

  Ilchenko, Vladimir S ^a   Savchenkov, Anatoliy A ^a   Matsko, Andrey B ^a   Maleki, Lute ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT MODULATORS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIATION;

PHOTONIC MICROWAVE RECEIVERS;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

EID: 0013412704     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000333     Document Type: Article

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