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Transmission Experiments with Optically Generated Carriers in the 60 GHz-Region

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Bidirectional and 2-channel 155 Mbit/s transmissionexperiments in the OQPSK format are reported usingoptically generated millimeter-waves at frequencies inthe 60 GHz band. By applying the sideband injectionlocking technique the remotely generatedmillimeter-wave signals depict quartz accuracy and lowphase noise <−100 dBc/Hz at offset frequencies≥1 MHz.

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  1. Heinrich-Hertz-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Berlin GmbH, Einsteinufer 37, D-10587, Berlin, FRG

    R.-P. Braun, R. Hentges, D. Rohde, M. Rohde & F. Schmidt

  2. Deutsche Telekom AG, Goslarer Ufer 35, D-10589, Berlin, FRG

    R.-P. Braun

  3. Heinrich-Hertz-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Berlin GmbH, Einsteinufer 37, D-10587, Berlin, FRG

    G. Grosskopf

  4. DeTeWe AG, Zeughofstr. 1, 10997, Berlin, FRG

    M. Rohde

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Braun, RP., Grosskopf, G., Hentges, R. et al. Transmission Experiments with Optically Generated Carriers in the 60 GHz-Region. Wireless Personal Communications 14, 85–101 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008950206222

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