ALMA MEMO #440

Photonic Techniques for Local Oscillator Generation and Distribution in Millimeter-Wave Radio Astronomy

John M. Payne and William P. Shillue
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

2002-10-31

{Note: This memo was an invited talk at the 2002 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, a conference held in Awaji Japan, and also appears in the conference digest. It repeats some information that has already been presented in previous ALMA memos, and is included here in the memo series because the conference proceedings are not widely distributed}

A number of photonics techniques are being used for Local Oscillator (LO) generation and distribution for millimeter-wavelength radio astronomy. Many of these are being implemented or considered for use on the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) project.

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