Millimeter-wave and microwave signal generation by low-bandwidth electro-optic phase modulation

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 9617-9626

  Torres Company, Víctor ^a   Fernández Alonsoi, Mercedes ^a   Lancis, Jesús ^a   Barreiro, Juan C ^b   Andrés, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LASER PULSES; MICROWAVES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SIGNAL GENERATORS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRO-OPTIC PHASE MODULATION; GROUP DELAY DISPERSION CIRCUIT; LOW-BANDWIDTH ELECTRO-OPTIC PHASE MODULATION; TIME-STRETCHED OPTICAL PULSES;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 33750324119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009617     Document Type: Article

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