Photonic generation of chirped microwave pulses using superimposed chirped fiber Bragg gratings

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 882-884

  Wang, Chao ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chirped fiber Bragg grating; Chirped microwave pulse; Pulse compression; Radar

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL FILTERS; PHOTODETECTORS; PULSE COMPRESSION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CHIRPED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; CHIRPED MICROWAVE PULSE; PHOTONIC GENERATION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 44349144527     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.922333     Document Type: Article

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