TeraHertz photonics for wireless communications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 579-587

  Seeds, Alwyn J ^a   Shams, Haymen ^a   Fice, Martyn J ^a   Renaud, Cyril C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

microwave photonics; millimeter (mm) wave generation; optical heterodyne; optical mixing; optical phase lock loops; photonic integrated circuits; semiconductor lasers; Terms Broadband communication

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING; LASER MODE LOCKING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND COMMUNICATION; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MILLIMETER (MM)-WAVE; OPTICAL HETERODYNE; OPTICAL MIXING; OPTICAL PHASE; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84923602998     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2014.2355137     Document Type: Article

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