Broadband radio-frequency spectrum analysis in spectral-hole-burning media

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 6393-6408

  Colice, Max ^a   Schlottau, Friso ^a,b   Wagner, Kelvin H ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b InPhase Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; CRYSTALS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

ELECTRO-OPTIC INTENSITY; SPECTRAL-HOLE-BURNING (SHB) CRYSTALS; TIME-VARYING SIGNALS;

SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

EID: 33750358616     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.006393     Document Type: Article

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