Highly stable millimeter-wave signal distribution with an optical round-trip phase stabilizer

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1493-1500

  Kiuchi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allan variance; Optical signal transmission; Phase stability

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; CABLES; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FARM BUILDINGS; FIBER OPTICS; MILLIMETER WAVES; WAVES; WIRE ROPE;

CABLE LENGTH; COHERENT SIGNALING; LOCAL SYSTEMS; MILLIMETER-WAVE (MM-WAVE); OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL SIGNALLING; PHOTOMIXER; PHOTONIC; POLARIZATION MODES; RADIO INTERFEROMETRY; ROUND TRIPS; SIGNAL TRANSMISSIONS; TEST RESULTS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 45249097573     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.923887     Document Type: Article

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