Dual-frequency distributed feedback fibre laser for microwave signals generation

Electronics Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 816-818

  Maxin, J ^a   Molin, S ^a   Pillet, G ^a   Morvan, L ^a   Mugnier, A ^b   Pureur, D ^b   Dolfi, D ^a  

^a THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b QUANTEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; DUAL FREQUENCY; DUAL-FREQUENCY LASERS; EIGENSTATES; ERBIUM DOPED; FREQUENCY OFFSETS; FREQUENCY RANGES; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROWAVE DOMAINS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; OPTICAL WAVES; RF SIGNAL; TUNABILITIES;

ERBIUM; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION;

STRESSES;

EID: 80053252804     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2011.1196     Document Type: Article

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