Microwave interferometry: application to precision measurements and noise reduction techniques

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1526-1536

  Ivanov, Eugene N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVE INTERFEROMETRY;

DISCRIMINATORS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MICROWAVE CIRCULATORS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0032207243     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.738292     Document Type: Article

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