Coherent microwave transfer over a 204-km telecom fiber link by a cascaded system

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 168-174

  Fujieda, Miho ^a   Kumagai, Motohiro ^a   Nagano, Shigeo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASCADED SYSTEM; COHERENT MICROWAVES; FIBER LINKS; TELECOM FIBERS; TRANSFER SYSTEMS;

FIBER OPTICS; MICROWAVES;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 73649092776     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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