Continuously tunable large-dynamic-range radio-frequency phase shifter via a soliton self-frequency-shifted source and a dispersive fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 313-315

  Chan, Ming Che ^a   Peng, Peng Chun ^b   Lai, Yinchieh ^c   Chi, Sien ^c   Sun, Chi Kuang ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fiber dispersion; Microwave photonics; Soliton self frequency shift (SSFS); Variable phase shift

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIVE FIBER; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FIBER DISPERSION; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; NEW APPROACHES; PHASE-SHIFTING; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SIMPLE OPERATION; SOLITON SELF-FREQUENCY SHIFT; TRUE TIME DELAY; VARIABLE PHASE;

DISPERSIONS; FIBERS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SOLITONS;

PHASE SHIFT;

EID: 77955064680     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.2010950     Document Type: Article

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