Stabilization of Millimeter-Wave Frequencies from Passively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers Using an Optoelectronic Phase-Locked Loop

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1993, Pages 1137-1140

  Buckman, Lisa A ^a   Georges, John B ^a   Park, John ^a   Vassilovski, Dan ^a   Kahn, Joseph M ^a   Lau, Kam Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY STABILITY; LASER MODE LOCKING; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STABILIZATION;

PASSIVE MODELOCKING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0027677726     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.248406     Document Type: Article

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