Injection-locked laser-based beatnote generation phase locked to reference
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorJoseph M. Fridlander
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AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorJoseph M. Fridlander
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An apparatus includes a seed laser configured to generate a seed signal and a modulator configured to modulate the seed signal and generate multiple sideband signals. The apparatus also includes multiple injection-locked lasers configured to generate multiple optical signals based on different ones of the sideband signals. The apparatus further includes a combiner configured to combine the optical signals and generate a combined optical signal. In addition, the apparatus includes a feedback loop configured to modify frequencies of the sideband signals generated by the modulator so that the optical signals generated by the injection-locked lasers have a desired frequency difference. The feedback loop may be configured to perform photonic down-conversion of a portion of the combined optical signal prior to photodetection in order to decrease a frequency of a signal that undergoes photodetection.
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