A 0.8-8.8-GHz Image Rejection Microwave Photonic Downconverter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1376-1378

  Strutz, Shane J ^a   Williams, Keith J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave links; Microwave photonics; Optical communications; Optical frequency conversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346688013     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.883835     Document Type: Article

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