Microwave photonics

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4628-4641

  Seeds, Alwyn J ^a   Williams, Keith J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam forming; Microwave photonics; Modulators; Optical fiber; Optical signal processing; Phased array; Photodetectors; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; MICROWAVE DEVICES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL RECEIVERS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS; OPTO-ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; PHASED ARRAY;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 33847681780     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.885787     Document Type: Review

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