Fully tunable 360° microwave photonic phase shifter based on a single semiconductor optical amplifier

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 17421-17426

  Sancho, Juan ^a   Lloret, Juan ^a   Gasulla, Ivana ^a   Sales, Salvador ^a   Capmany, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

CARRIER WAVELENGTH; INPUT POWER; MICROWAVE PHASE SHIFT; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; TUNABLE MICROWAVE;

MICROWAVE FILTERS;

EID: 80052248571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.017421     Document Type: Article

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