Highly coherent RF signal generation by heterodyne optical phase locking of external cavity semiconductor lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 719-721

  Fan, Zhencan Frank ^a,b   Heim, Peter J S ^a,b   Dagenais, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Microwave generation; Microwave millimeter wave; Phase locked loop; RF; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

EID: 3643060374     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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