Evidence of ultra low microwave additive phase noise for an optical RF link based on a class-A semiconductor laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10091-10097

  Baili, Ghaya ^a   Alouini, Mehdi ^a   Malherbe, Thierry ^a   Dolfi, Daniel ^a   Huignard, Jean Pierre ^a   Merlet, Thomas ^b   Chazelas, Jean ^b   Sagnes, Isabelle ^c   Bretenaker, Fabien ^d  

^a Thaies Research and Technology   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOORS; PHASE NOISE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

ADDITIVE PHASE NOISE; CARRIER FREQUENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HIGH-POWER PHOTODETECTORS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OFFSET FREQUENCIES; RELATIVE INTENSITY NOISE;

SHOT NOISE;

EID: 47249104288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010091     Document Type: Article

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