Signal Generation Using Pulsed Semiconductor Lasers for Application in Millimeter-Wave Wireless Links

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 2257-2262

  Novak, Dalma ^a   Ahmed, Zaheer ^a   Tucker, Rodney S ^a   Waterhouse, Rodney B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTODIODES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; RADIO LINKS;

MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVE WIRELESS LINKS; SIGNAL GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0029378303     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.414573     Document Type: Article

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