An ultralow noise microwave oscillator based on a high-q liquid nitrogen cooled sapphire resonator

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 936-941

  Woode, Richard A ^a   Tobar, Michael E ^a   Ivanov, Eugene N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN COOLED SAPPHIRE LOADED CAVITY (SLC); WHISPERING GALLERY MODE;

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SAPPHIRE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0030242442     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.535497     Document Type: Article

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