Photonic techniques for local oscillator generation and distribution in millimeter-wave radio astronomy

2002 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2002 - Technical Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 9-12

  Payne, J M ^a   Shillue, W P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONICS; RADIO ASTRONOMY;

ATACAMA LARGE MILLIMETER ARRAYS; LOCAL OSCILLATORS; MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH; MILLIMETER-WAVE RADIO;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 84964262603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2002.1158847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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