Optical Transmission of Narrowband Millimeter-Wave Signals

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 2229-2240

  Georges, John B ^a   Cutrer, David M ^a   Solgaard, Olav ^a   Lau, Kam Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER OPTICS; INTERMODULATION; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TRANSMITTERS;

RESONANT MODULATION; SUBCARRIER TRANSMISSION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029375561     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.414569     Document Type: Article

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