International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics

Continuously accessible long-term fiber optic memory of microwave signal

M. E. Belkin, Tatiana N. Bakhvalova, I. V. Gladyshev, Olga N. Egorova, S L Semenov

Published Oct 1, 2017• 5 citations

Abstract

The first continuously accessible long-term fiber optic radio-frequency memory based on distributed structure of low-power emitters with wavelength division multiplexing, multicore optical fiber as retarding medium, optoelectronic repeater unit, and optical recirculation time-delay circuit are developed and investigated.

DOI: 10.1109/mwp.2017.8168695

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