DocumentCode
1323362
Title
Improvement in microwave generation using optical difference frequency mixing
Author
Hanlon, T.J. ; Fray, A.F. ; James, J.R. ; Lewis, M.F. ; Sample, P.
Author_Institution
R. Mil. Coll. of Sci., Cranfield Univ., Swindon, UK
Volume
33
Issue
21
fYear
1997
fDate
10/9/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1808
Lastpage
1809
Abstract
The generation of microwaves by the mixing of two light waves in a nonlinear medium is demonstrated with an improvement of 20 dB over previous work. The technique is shown to be especially suited to the generation of stable millimetre and submillimetre waves
Keywords
laser beam applications; microwave generation; millimetre wave generation; multiwave mixing; optical modulation; submillimetre waves; lasers; microwave generation; nonlinear medium; optical difference frequency mixing; optical phase modulators; stable millimetre waves; stable submillimetre waves;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19971198
Filename
633407
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