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2017-04-15
A Review of Photonic Generation of Arbitrary Microwave Waveforms
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 75, 1-12, 2017
Abstract
This paper presents a tutorial on photonic techniques for arbitrary RF waveform generation, highlights some key results and reviews the recent developments in this area. It also predicts that photonic integration of the entire system as compact photonic chip will be the major research focus and holds the key role for future developments.
Citation
Lam Anh Bui, "A Review of Photonic Generation of Arbitrary Microwave Waveforms," Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 75, 1-12, 2017.
doi:10.2528/PIERB17011201
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