Tuneable monolithically integrated photonic THz heterodyne system

2012 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2012 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 286-289

  Balakier, K ^a   Fice, M J ^a   Ponnampalam, L ^a   Renaud, C C ^a   Seeds, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

monolithic integration; optical phase lock loop; THz signal generation; tuneable millimetre wave source

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS FREQUENCY; MILLIMETRE WAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; OPTICAL PHASE; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS; PROPAGATION DELAYS; THZ SIGNAL;

HETERODYNING; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 84875585177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2012.6474114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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