High performance, miniature hyper-parametric microwave photonic oscillator

2010 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, FCS 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 558-563

  Maleki, L ^a   Ilchenko, V S ^a   Savchenkov, A A ^a   Liang, W ^a   Seidel, D ^a   Matsko, A B ^a  

^a OEWAVES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER FREQUENCY; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; OSCILLATION THRESHOLD; SELF INJECTIONS; SINGLE SIDE BANDS; WHISPERING GALLERY MODE RESONATOR;

FREQUENCY BANDS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 77957883178     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FREQ.2010.5556265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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