Period-one oscillation for photonic microwave transmission using an optically injected semiconductorlaser

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 14921-14935

  Chan, Sze Chun ^a   Hwang, Sheng Kwang ^a,b   Liu, Jia Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FREQUENCY DETUNINGS; INJECTION STRENGTHS; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE TRANSMISSION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 35948970287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014921     Document Type: Article

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