Effects of gain and bandwidth on the multimode behavior of optoelectronic microwave oscillators

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 9067-9072

  Chembo, Y Kouomou ^a,b   Larger, Laurent ^a   Bendoula, Ryad ^a   Colet, Pere ^b  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES;

DYNAMICAL REGIME; FEED-BACK LOOP; GAIN AND BANDWIDTHS; MULTIMODE BEHAVIORS; MULTIMODE DYNAMICS; OPTO-ELECTRONIC OSCILLATOR; RING CAVITIES; SINGLE-MODE MICROWAVES;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MICROWAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; OSCILLOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 45249101299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.009067     Document Type: Article

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