A mobile broad-band communication system based on mode-locked lasers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 8 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1424-1430

  Von Helmolt, Clemens H ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Mobile networks; Optical communication; Optical microwave; Radio in the local loop

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; BROADBAND NETWORKS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTICS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT MODULATORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHOTODIODES; RADIO LINKS; SIGNAL ENCODING;

OPTICAL MICROWAVE; OPTICAL RECEIVERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031206756     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.618446     Document Type: Article

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