Experimental Study on Close-In to Microwave Carrier Phase Noise of Laser Diode with External Feedback

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 2277-2283

  Ni, Tsang Der ^a   Zhang, Xiangdong ^a   Daryoush, Afshin S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; CAVITY RESONATORS; FEEDBACK; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL LINKS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

MICROWAVE CARRIER PHASE NOISE; RESIDUAL PHASE NOISE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0029376316     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.414576     Document Type: Article

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