Hybrid integrated optical phase-lock loops for photonic terahertz sources

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 210-217

  Steed, Robert J ^a   Ponnampalam, Lalitha ^a   Fice, Martyn J ^a   Renaud, Cyril C ^a   Rogers, David C ^b   Moodie, David G ^b   Maxwell, Graeme D ^b   Lealman, Ian F ^b   Robertson, Michael J ^b   Pavlovic, Leon ^c   Naglic, Luka ^c   Vidmar, Matjaz ^c   Seeds, Alwyn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Adastral Park   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Hybrid integrated circuits; millimeter (mm) wave generation; optical heterodyne; optical phase lock loops (OPLLs); terahertz (THz)

Indexed keywords

COMB SOURCE; FLIP CHIP; HETERODYNE SIGNALS; HIGH SPECTRAL PURITY; HYBRID INTEGRATION; HYBRID-INTEGRATED OPTICAL; INJECTION LOCKED LASERS; INP; INTEGRATED LASER; LOOP DELAY; LOOP FILTER; LOW DELAY; MILLIMETER (MM)-WAVE GENERATION; OPTICAL HETERODYNE; OPTICAL PHASE; SILICA OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SLAVE LASER; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ SOURCES;

BEAMFORMING; HETERODYNING; HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LINEWIDTH; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SILICA; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

DELAY LOCK LOOPS;

EID: 79951551111     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2049003     Document Type: Article

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