Frequency quadrupling and upconversion in a radio over fiber link

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2706-2711

  Chi, Hao ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frequency upconversion; Mach Zehnder modulator (MZM); Millimeter wave signal generation; Radio over fiber (RoF)

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; ELECTRIC DELAY LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FADING (RADIO); MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MODULATION; MODULATORS; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

ADJUSTING; FREQUENCY UPCONVERSION; HIGH-FREQUENCY; LO SIGNALS; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR (MZM); MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATORS; MICROWAVE DRIVEN; MILLIMETER-WAVE; MILLIMETER-WAVE SIGNAL GENERATION; MM-WAVE; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL WAVELENGTHS; POWER FADING; RADIO OVER FIBER (ROF); RADIO-OVER-FIBER; TIME- DELAYS; TRANSMISSION POINTS; TUNABLE OPTICAL DELAY LINES; TWO WAVELENGTHS; UPCONVERSION; WAVELENGTH SPACINGS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 54949151577     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.927613     Document Type: Article

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