Photonic signal processing of microwave signals

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 832-846

  Minasian, Robert A ^a,b,c,d  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Fiber Optics and Photonics Laboratory   (Australia)

^d Engineers Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical delay lines; Optical filters; Photonic signal processing

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; PHOTONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME-BANDWIDTH OPERATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BANDWIDTH; FIBER OPTICS; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FILTERS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 33144489204     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.863060     Document Type: Article

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