Photonic measurement technologies for high-speed electronics

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1655-1663

  Nagatsuma, Tadao ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electro optic measurement; Fibre lasers; Imaging; Microwave measurement; Millimetre wave measurement; Network analyser; Optical signal generation; Optoelectronic devices; Photodiode; Probe; Semiconductor lasers; Time domain measurement

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SIGNAL SYSTEMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

HIGH-SPEED ELECTRONICS;

PHOTONS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 0036880894     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/13/11/301     Document Type: Article

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