Low phase noise 33-40-GHz signal generation using multilaser phase-locked loops

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1304-1306

  Davidson, Andrew C ^a,b   Wise, Frank W ^a   Compton, Richard C ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b New Focus Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser heterodyning; Microwave generation; Millimeter wave generation; Multilaser phase locked loops; Optical modulation; Optical phase locked loops

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; HETERODYNING; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

LASER HETERODYNING; MULTILASERS; OPTICAL PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 0032166741     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.705624     Document Type: Article

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