A Wideband Heterodyne Optical Phase-Locked Loop for Generation of 3–18 GHz Microwave Carriers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 936-938

  Lindgren, S ^b   Broberg, B ^b   Bruun, M ^a   Christensen, E Lintz ^a   Stubkjaer, K E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETERODYNING; MICROWAVE GENERATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MICROWAVE CARRIERS; OPTICAL PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

EID: 0026900717     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.149915     Document Type: Article

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