Photonic RF Down-Converter Based on Optomechanical Oscillation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 234-236

  Hossein Zadeh, Mani ^a   Vahala, Kerry J ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Down conversion; optomechanical (OM) oscillator

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008063217     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: 19410174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.912991     Document Type: Article

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