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
fDate :
10/9/1997 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971198
