Broadband class-AB microwave-photonic link using polarization modulation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1073-1075

  Bull, Jeffrey D ^a   Darcie, Thomas E ^b   Zhang, Jinye ^b   Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Jaeger, Nicolas A F ^c  

^a JGKB Photonics Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analog links; Class AB (CAB); Intensity noise suppression; Microwave photonic links; Optical modulator; Polarization modulator (PolM); Polarization mode converter; Spur free dynamic range (SFDR)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG LINKS; CLASS-AB; INTENSITY-NOISE SUPPRESSION; MICROWAVE PHOTONIC LINKS; MODE CONVERTER; OPTICAL MODULATORS; POLARIZATION MODULATOR (POLM); POLARIZATION MODULATORS; SPUR-FREE DYNAMIC RANGE;

LIGHT MODULATION; MICROWAVE LINKS; OPTICAL LINKS; POLARIZATION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 34147091935     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.873356     Document Type: Article

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