A mode-locked microchip laser optical transmitter for fiber radio

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1882-1887

  Vieira, A J C ^a   Herczfeld, P R ^a   Rosen, A ^a   Ermold, M ^a   Funk, E E ^a   Jemison, W D ^a   Williams, K J ^a  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber radio; Microchip lasers; Millimeter wave generation; Mode locked lasers; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters

Indexed keywords

FIBER RADIO;

ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LASER MODE LOCKING; LASER OPTICS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS;

RADIO TRANSMITTERS;

EID: 0035475873     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.954802     Document Type: Article

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