Stability-enhanced RF signal transmission over long fiber-optic links

Zhiqian Yin; Manhang Zheng; Chuanbo Zhang; Shijian Guan; Xin Zhou; Yitong Liu; Zeyu Gang; Jiaqiang Nie; Yunshan Zhang; Xingbang Zhu; Tao Fang; Xiangfei Chen

doi:10.3788/COL202422.053901

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 5, 053901(2024)

Stability-enhanced RF signal transmission over long fiber-optic links

Zhiqian Yin¹, Manhang Zheng¹, Chuanbo Zhang¹, Shijian Guan¹, Xin Zhou¹, Yitong Liu¹, Zeyu Gang¹, Jiaqiang Nie¹, Yunshan Zhang², Xingbang Zhu³, Tao Fang^1、*, and Xiangfei Chen^1、**

Author Affiliations

¹Engineering Research Center of Precision Photonics Integration and System Application, Ministry of Education & Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Ministry of Education & National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures & College of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Institute of Optical Communication Engineering & Nanjing University-Tongding Joint Lab for Large-scale Photonic Integrated Circuits, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China

²College of Electronics and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China

³The 41st Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corp, Qingdao 266000, China

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Zhiqian Yin, Manhang Zheng, Chuanbo Zhang, Shijian Guan, Xin Zhou, Yitong Liu, Zeyu Gang, Jiaqiang Nie, Yunshan Zhang, Xingbang Zhu, Tao Fang, Xiangfei Chen, "Stability-enhanced RF signal transmission over long fiber-optic links," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 053901 (2024)

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