Optical generation and distribution of continuously tunable millimeter-wave signals using an optical phase modulator

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2687-2695

  Qi, Guohua ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a   Seregelyi, Joe ^b   Paquet, Stéphane ^b   Bélisle, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Microwave photonics; Millimeter wave (mm wave) generation; Optical heterodyne; Optical phase modulator

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; NOTCH FILTERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTODETECTORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MILLIMETER WAVE (MM-WAVE) GENERATION; OPTICAL HETERODYNE; OPTICAL PHASE MODULATOR;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 26844495294     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.854067     Document Type: Article

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