Maximum Dynamic Range Operation of a Microwave External Modulation FiberOptic Link

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 1299-1306

  Ackerman, Edward ^a   Wanuga, Stephen ^a   Kasemset, Dumrong ^a   Daryoush, Afshin S ^b   Samant, Naranjan R ^c  

^a GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Jaret Communications ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR CIRCUITS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; FIBER OPTICS; GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL CABLES; PERFORMANCE; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AM COMPRESSION; FIBER OPTIC LINK; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETRIC DEVICE; MICROWAVE EXTERNAL MODULATION; MICROWAVE SCATTERING MATRICES; QUARTERWAVE BIAS; THIRD ORDER INTERMODULATION DISTORTION;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0027646936     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.241670     Document Type: Article

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