Optical frequency comb based multi-band microwave frequency conversion for satellite applications

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 869-877

  Yang, Xinwu ^a   Xu, Kun ^a   Yin, Jie ^b   Dai, Yitang ^a   Yin, Feifei ^a   Li, Jianqiang ^a   Lu, Hua ^b   Liu, Tao ^b   Ji, Yuefeng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Satellite Information Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; MICROWAVE SOURCES; MULTI-BAND FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL DEVICES; SPACECRAFT; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84911351702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.000869     Document Type: Article

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