Wireless hybrid mode locked lasers for next generation radio-over-fiber systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2268-2276

  Khawaja, Bilal A ^a   Cryan, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam steering systems; binary phase shift keying; millimeter wave; mode locked lasers; phase shifters; radio over fiber; wireless injection locking

Indexed keywords

BEAM STEERING SYSTEMS; BEAM-STEERING; INJECTION-LOCKING; MODE LOCKED LASERS; RADIO-OVER-FIBERS;

BINARY PHASE SHIFT KEYING; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS;

INJECTION LASERS;

EID: 77955453351     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2050461     Document Type: Article

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