Microwave photonic signal processing

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 571-586

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

^a ITEAM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics (MWP); radio over fiber; signal processing

Indexed keywords

BASIC CONCEPTS; FIGURES OF MERITS; LIMITATION FACTORS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; RESEARCH GROUPS; SIGNAL PROCESSOR;

OPTICS; RADIO-OVER-FIBER; TECHNOLOGY;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84872254892     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2222348     Document Type: Article

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