Approach to Generate High-frequency Microwave Signal with Frequency Multiplication Factor Tunability by Using Cascaded Mach-Zehnder Modulators

CONG Wen-shan; YU Lan; WO Jiang-hai; WANG Ya-lan; WANG An-le

doi:10.3788/gzxb20194803.0307002

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