Noise reduction in class-AB microwave-photonic links

International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2005

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 329-332

  Darcie, Thomas E ^a   Moye, Amol ^a   Driessen, Peter F ^a   Bull, Jeffrey D ^b   Kato, Hiroshi ^b   Jaeger, Nicolas A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b JGKB Photonics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analog links; Class AB; Intensity noise suppression; Low bias; Microwave photonic; Subcarrier

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; MICROWAVES; NOISE ABATEMENT; PHOTONS; SHOT NOISE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANALOG LINKS; CLASS AB; INTENSITY-NOISE SUPPRESSION; LOW-BIAS; MICROWAVE-PHOTONICS; SUBCARRIERS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 33845630979     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/mwp.2005.203605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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