Generation of Reconfigurable Frequency-Conversion Signals with Full-Range Phase Shift Based on Microwave Photonics

He Li; Shanghong Zhao; Jixiang Wu; Tao Lin; Kun Zhang; Guodong Wang; Wei Jiang; Xuan Li

doi:10.3788/AOS202040.0825001

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