Microwave-Optical Mixing in LiNb03 Modulators

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1993, Pages 2383-2391

  Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh K ^a   Burns, William K ^a   Bulmer, Catherine H ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADE CONNECTIONS; COUPLED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MIXER CIRCUITS; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL DISTORTION; WAVEGUIDES;

CASCADING; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR; MICROWAVE OPTICAL MIXING;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0027839296     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.260732     Document Type: Article

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