Photonic RF phase shifter based on optical carrier and RF modulation sidebands amplitude and phase control

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 3672-3678

  Chan, Erwin H W ^a   Zhang, Weiwei ^a   Minasian, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; optical signal processing; phase shifters; phased array radar

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE AND PHASE CONTROL; DC BIAS VOLTAGE; DUAL-PARALLEL MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATORS; FREQUENCY RANGES; LOW-AMPLITUDE; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL CARRIERS; PHASE DEVIATIONS; PHASED ARRAY RADARS; PHOTONIC MICROWAVE; RF MODULATION; RF SIGNAL; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; SINGLE LASERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE; WIDEBAND OPERATION;

BIAS VOLTAGE; FREQUENCY BANDS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MODULATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHASE SHIFT;

PHASE SHIFTERS;

EID: 84871007702     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2224093     Document Type: Article

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