RF photonics

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1145-1153

  Williamson, Richard C ^a   Esman, Ronald D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog systems; Antenna feeds; Cable television (CATV); Microwave communication; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber delay lines; Optical modulation; Photodetectors; Signal processing

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DIGITAL RADIO; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION; TELEVISION APPLICATIONS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING;

(060.2410) FIBERS; (140.3500) LASERS; ANALOG RADIO; CABLE TELEVISION (CATV); COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; DIGITAL INFORMATIONS; DIGITAL SIGNALS; HIGH LINEARITY; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PHOTONIC LINKS; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SIGNALS; RF PHOTONICS; SIGNAL-DISTRIBUTION; SPECIAL NEEDS; SUB CARRIERS;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 46349093679     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.923627     Document Type: Article

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