Frequency-quadruple signal generation based on dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator

Wang Yunxin; Xu Jiahao; Zhou Tao; Wang Dayong; Yang Dengcai; Zhong Xin

doi:10.3788/irla201847.0918009

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