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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 2, Issue 4, 044001(2020)

Recent advances in optoelectronic oscillators

Tengfei Hao1,2,3, Yanzhong Liu1,2,3, Jian Tang1,2,3, Qizhuang Cen4, Wei Li1,2,3, Ninghua Zhu1,2,3, Yitang Dai4, José Capmany5, Jianping Yao6, and Ming Li1,2,3、*
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  • 1Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Semiconductors, State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Beijing, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Electronic, Electrical, and Communication Engineering, Beijing, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, Beijing, China
  • 4Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing, China
  • 5Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, ITEAM Research Institute, Photonics Research Labs, Valencia, Spain
  • 6University of Ottawa, Microwave Photonics Research Laboratory, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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    Tengfei Hao, Yanzhong Liu, Jian Tang, Qizhuang Cen, Wei Li, Ninghua Zhu, Yitang Dai, José Capmany, Jianping Yao, Ming Li, "Recent advances in optoelectronic oscillators," Adv. Photon. 2, 044001 (2020)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Reviews

    Received: May. 22, 2020

    Accepted: Jun. 23, 2020

    Published Online: Jul. 27, 2020

    The Author Email: Li Ming (ml@semi.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.1117/1.AP.2.4.044001

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    laser devices and laser physics
    Lasers and Laser Optics
    Laser physics
    laser manufacturing
    Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology