High-isolation photonic microwave mixer/link for wideband signal processing and transmission

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1224-1232

  Shi, Yongqiang ^a   Wang, Wenshen ^b   Bechtel, James H ^c  

^a General Photonics Corporation   (United States)

^b RF Integrated Corporation   (United States)

^c IPITEK   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Microwave mixer; Modulator; Photonic link; Radio frequency (RF) photonics

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; MICROWAVES; MIXER CIRCUITS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

MICROWAVE MIXERS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0042093696     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.811319     Document Type: Article

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