Phase-noise analysis of optically generated millimeter-wave signals with external optical modulation techniques

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4861-4875

  Qi, Guohua ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a   Seregelyi, Joe ^b   Paquet, Stéphane ^b   Bélisle, Claude ^b   Zhang, Xiupu ^c   Wu, Ke ^d   Kashyap, Raman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Millimeter wave (mm wave) generation; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical modulation; Phase noise; Radio over fiber; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHASE NOISE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICAL SIGNALS; MICROWAVE OPTICS; MILLIMETER-WAVE GENERATION; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; RADIO OVER FIBER;

LIGHT MODULATION;

EID: 33847613231     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.884990     Document Type: Article

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