Photonic Frequency-Multiplying Millimeter-Wave Generation Based on Dual-Parallel Mach-Zehnder Modulator

Zhang Jing; Wang Muguang; Shao Chenguang; Li Tangjun; Jian Shuisheng

doi:10.3788/aos201434.0306004

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