Optical Phase Control of an Optically Injection-Locked FET Microwave Oscillator

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1989, Pages 1512-1518

  Esman, Ronald D ^a   Goldberg, Lew ^a   Weller, J F ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL MATERIALS; PHASE MODULATION; TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT;

INJECTION-LOCKED OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL PHASE CONTROL;

OSCILLATORS, MICROWAVE;

EID: 0024752486     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.40994     Document Type: Article

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