Optical Control of Frequency and Phase of GaAs MESFET Oscillator

Electronics Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 359-360

  Blanchflower, I D ^a   Seeds, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FETs; Microwave circuits and systems; Microwave oscillators; Optics

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS--PHASED ARRAYS; FIBER OPTICS; OSCILLATORS; RADAR; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

MESFET OSCILLATOR; OPTICAL CONTROL; OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING; OPTICAL-FREQUENCY TUNING;

TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT;

EID: 0024959541     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19890249     Document Type: Article

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