Low-cost, continuously tunable, millimeter-wave photonic LO generation using optical phase modulation and DWDM filters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 1986-1988

  Shen, P ^a   James, J ^a   Gomes, N J ^a   Huggard, P G ^b   Ellison, B N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave (MMW); Optical phase modulator; Photonic local oscillator (LO); Thin film filter

Indexed keywords

DWDM FILTERS; LO GENERATION; LOCAL OSCILLATOR SIGNALS; LOW PHASE NOISE; MILLIMETER WAVE PHOTONICS; MILLIMETER WAVE SIGNALS; OPTICAL PHASE MODULATION; OPTICAL PHASE MODULATOR; PHOTONIC LOCAL OSCILLATOR; THIN FILM FILTERS; WIDE-BAND;

FIBER OPTICS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; PHASE MODULATION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 72549097788     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2006256     Document Type: Article

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