Widely tunable opto-electronic oscillator based on a dual-frequency laser

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 2919-2925

  Maxin, Jeremy ^a   Pillet, Gregoire ^a   Steinhausser, Bastien ^b   Morvan, Loic ^a   Llopis, Olivier ^c   Dolfi, Daniel ^a  

^a THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b THALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Dual frequency laser; optical frequency locked loop (OFLL); opto electronic oscillator

Indexed keywords

DUAL-FREQUENCY LASERS; FIXED FREQUENCY; NOISE POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY-LOCKED LOOPS; OPTO-ELECTRONIC OSCILLATOR; SPECTRAL PURITY; TUNABILITIES; WIDELY TUNABLE;

LOCKS (FASTENERS); NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE NOISE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 84883083705     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2274897     Document Type: Article

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