Dual-frequency laser at 1.5 μm for optical distribution and generation of high-purity microwave signals

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2764-2773

  Pillet, Grégoire ^a   Morvan, Loîc ^a   Brunel, Marc ^b   Bretenaker, Fabien ^c   Dolfi, Daniel ^a   Vallet, Marc ^a   Huignard, Jean Pierre ^a   Le Floch, Albert ^a  

^a THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

Delay lines; Delay lock loops; Frequency locked loops; Microwave oscillators; Optical phase locked loops (OPLL); Phase noise; Solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

DELAY LOCK LOOPS; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; LASER MODE LOCKING; LOCKS (FASTENERS); MICROWAVES; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHASE NOISE; SOLID STATE LASERS; SOLID STATE OSCILLATORS;

ABSOLUTE PHASE; DUAL-FREQUENCY LASERS; FIBER-OPTIC DELAY LINES; FREQUENCY LOCKED LOOPS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHASE-NOISE LEVELS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 54949096661     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.927209     Document Type: Article

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