Highly-tunable optoelectronic microwave oscillator

Proceedings - 2010 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 313-316

  Pillet, Gregoire ^a   Morvan, Loïc ^a   Dolfi, Daniel ^a   Huignard, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRP RATES; CROSS-POLARIZED; DUAL-FREQUENCY LASERS; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATORS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; OPTICAL FIBER DELAY LINE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL PHASE MODULATOR; OPTICAL WAVES; TUNABILITIES;

MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHASE MODULATION;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 78650989806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2010.5664188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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