Microwave frequency generation up to 27.5 GHz using a dual-wavelength brillouin fiber laser

LEOS Summer Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 194-195

  Dennis, Michael L ^a   Sova, Raymond M ^a   Clark, Thomas R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN FIBER LASER; DUAL-WAVELENGTH; LOW-PHASE-NOISE; MICROWAVE-FREQUENCY;

FIBER OPTICS; LASERS; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 50249149617     PISSN: 10994742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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