1.55-μm photonic systems for microwave and millimeter-wave measurement

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 10 II, 2001, Pages 1831-1839

  Nagatsuma, T ^a   Shinagawa, M ^a   Sahri, N ^a   Sasaki, A ^a   Royter, Y ^a   Hirata, A ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrooptic measurements; Microwave millimeter wave measurements; Optical pulse generation; Optoelectronic devices; Semiconductor lasers; Time domain measurements

Indexed keywords

HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS; PHOTONIC SYSTEMS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHOTONS; PULSE GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SENSORS; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0035473940     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.954796     Document Type: Article

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