40-GHz photonic synthesizer using a dual-polarization microlaser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 1738-1740

  Rolland, Antoine ^a   Frein, Ludovic ^a   Vallet, Marc ^a   Brunel, Marc ^a   Bondu, Fraçnois ^a   Merlet, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; optical phase locked loops; two frequency lasers

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; DUAL-POLARIZATIONS; MICROCHIP LASERS; MICROLASER; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; OPTICAL PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; TWO-FREQUENCY LASERS; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

DELAY CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

PHASE LOCKED LOOPS;

EID: 78449311891     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2084077     Document Type: Article

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