Long-term stabilized millimeter-wave generation using a high-power mode-locked laser diode module

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 570-574

  Kuri, Toshiaki ^a,b   Kitayama, Ken Ichi ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER TUNING; OPTICAL LINKS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

OPTICAL INJECTION; POWER STABILITY; REPETITION RATE; SIGNAL GENERATION;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 0032678108     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.763157     Document Type: Article

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