Optical comb sources for high dynamic-range single-span long-haul analog optical links

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 12 PART 1, 2011, Pages 3249-3257

  McKinney, Jason D ^a   Urick, Vincent J ^a   Briguglio, John ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; microwave photonics; optical communications; optical sampling; optics

Indexed keywords

ANALOG OPTICAL LINK; COMB SOURCE; DIRECT-DETECTION; DYNAMIC RANGE; LONG HAUL; LOWER NOISE; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL AMPLIFICATIONS; OPTICAL CARRIERS; OPTICAL POWER; OPTICAL SAMPLING; OPTICAL-CARRIER POWER; SPURIOUS-FREE DYNAMIC RANGE;

FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 83855162249     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2168966     Document Type: Article

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