Coherence-controlled mm-wave generation using a frequency-shifting recirculating delay line

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1071-1078

  Pulikkaseril, Cibby ^a   Hanham, Stephen M ^a   Shaw, Robert ^a   Minasian, Robert A ^b   Bird, Trevor S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Communication Technology Centre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Optical millimeter wave (mm wave) generation

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE CONTROL; FREQUENCY-SHIFTING; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MILLIMETER WAVE SIGNALS; MM-WAVE; OPTICAL HETERODYNING; OPTICAL MILLIMETER-WAVE (MM-WAVE); OPTICAL SIGNALS; OPTICAL SOURCE; RECIRCULATING DELAY LINE; SIDEBAND SUPPRESSION;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 79955577091     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2038725     Document Type: Article

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