Optical generation of microwave/millimeter-wave signals using two-section gain-coupled DFB lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1292-1294

  Wang, Xinhong ^a   Mao, Weiming ^a   Al Mumin, Mohammed ^a   Pappert, Stephen A ^b   Hong, Jin ^c   Li, Guifang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

^c NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LASER TUNING; MILLIMETER WAVES; MODULATION;

OPTICAL MICROWAVE/MILLIMETER WAVE GENERATION;

MICROWAVE GENERATION;

EID: 0033205002     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.789721     Document Type: Article

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