All-optical generation of microwave and millimeter wave using a two-frequency Bragg grating-based Brillouin fiber laser

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1860-1865

  Shen, Yichun ^a   Zhang, Xianmin ^a   Chen, Kangsheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brillouin fiber laser; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Microwave millimeter wave generation; Optical mixing; Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MILLIMETER WAVES;

BRILLOUIN FIBER LASER; OPTICAL MIXING; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 20344383737     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.846910     Document Type: Article

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