Applications of Optical Carrier Brillouin Processing to Microwave Photonics

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-42

  Loayssa, Alayn ^a   Benito, David ^a   Garde, María José ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analog optical systems; Carrier suppression; Chromatic dispersion; Microwave photonics; Optical signal processing; Stimulated Brillouin scattering

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CARRIER SUPPRESSION; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 1542320567     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ofte.2002.0364     Document Type: Article

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