The temporal drift due to polarization noise in a photonic phase reference distribution system

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2754-2763

  Shen, Pengbo ^a   Gomes, Nathan J ^a   Shillue, William P ^b   Albanna, Sarmad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frequency synthesizers; Optical fiber; Phase jitter; Phase reference system; Phased array; Photonic local oscillator; Polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Temporal drift

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS; JITTER; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; STRETCHERS;

PHASE JITTER; PHASE REFERENCE SYSTEM; PHASED ARRAY; PHOTONIC LOCAL OSCILLATOR; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; TEMPORAL DRIFT;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 54949086066     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.927780     Document Type: Article

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