Photonic-delay technique for phase-noise measurement of microwave oscillators

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 987-997

  Rubiola, Enrico ^a   Salik, Ertan ^b   Huang, Shouhua ^b   Yu, Nan ^b   Maleki, Lute ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINATORS; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; MEASUREMENTS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WHITE NOISE;

FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATOR; PHASE NOISE MEASUREMENT; PHOTONIC DELAY TECHNIQUE; TUNABLE OSCILLATOR;

OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 20544450762     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000987     Document Type: Article

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