Title :
Microwave photonic frequency multiplication for a tunable millimeter and terahertz CW signal generator with improved spurious characteristics
Author :
Song, Ho-Jin ; Shimizu, Naofumi ; Furuta, Tomofumi ; Ito, Hiroshi ; Nagatsuma, Tadao
Author_Institution :
NTT Corp., Tokyo
Abstract :
This report presents the microwave photonic frequency multiplication technique for CW MM/THz-wave generations which provides not only high frequency accuracy and stability, but also broadband continuous frequency tunability and high spurious signal suppression.
Keywords :
frequency multipliers; microwave photonics; signal generators; submillimetre wave generation; THz-wave generations; broadband continuous frequency tunability; microwave photonic frequency multiplication; millimeter wave signal generator; signal suppression; terahertz CW signal generator; tunable signal generator; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Quantum cascade lasers; Signal generators; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288398
