Ultra broadband microwave frequency combs generated by an optical pulse-injected semiconductor laser

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 18596-18605

  Juan, Yu Shan ^a   Lin, Fan Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE NOISE; TIMING JITTER; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

AMPLITUDE VARIATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; NOISE SUPPRESSION; OFFSET FREQUENCIES; OPTOELECTRONIC FEEDBACK; RELAXATION OSCILLATION FREQUENCIES; REPETITION FREQUENCY; SIGNAL BROADCASTING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 70350334746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.018596     Document Type: Article

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