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IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting (LEOS)

Atomic spectral analyzers for radio frequency signal processing

J.-L. Le Gouët, I. Lorgeré, Fabien Bretenaker, V. Lavielle, Vincent Crozatier

Published Dec 23, 2004• 5 citations
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Abstract

We review recent demonstrations of wide band radio frequency (RF) spectral analyzers based on spectral hole burning technology. The optically-carried RF signal can be analyzed with sub-MHz resolution over tens of GHz instantaneous bandwidth.
DOI
10.1109/leos.2004.1363550

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