Investigation of photonically assisted microwave frequency multiplication based on external modulation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 11 PART 2, 2010, Pages 3259-3268

  Li, Wangzhe ^a   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

MachZehnder modulator (MZM); microwave; microwave frequency multiplication; Microwave photonics; terahertz wave

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE SOLUTION; EXTERNAL MODULATION; FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; FREQUENCY QUADRUPLING; FREQUENCY-TUNABLE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MACH ZEHNDER MODULATOR; MICROWAVE FREQUENCY MULTIPLICATION; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPERATING CONDITION; TERA HERTZ; TUNABILITIES;

MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; MODULATORS; SIGNAL GENERATORS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 78449305752     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2075671     Document Type: Article

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