Frequency-tunable millimetre-wave signal generation using a monolithic passively mode-locked semiconductor laser

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 740-741

  Liu, H F ^a   Arahira, S ^b   Kunii, T ^b   Ogawa, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser mode locking; Microwave generation; Pulse generators

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY TUNING CHARACTERISTICS; MILLIMETRE WAVE SIGNAL GENERATION; MODE LOCKED MONOLITHIC DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASER; PASSIVE PHASE CONTROL SECTION;

BANDWIDTH; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHASE CONTROL; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030127611     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960493     Document Type: Article

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