Parallel modulator photonic link
AssigneeHRL Laboratories, LLC
InventorDaniel Yap
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Abstract
An RF photonic link having at least one light source, at least one photodetector, multiple optoelectronic modulators, and an RF waveguide common to each one of said multiple optoelectronic modulators. The multiple optoelectronic modulators are optically arranged in parallel to receive light from said at least one light source and are disposed in said RF waveguide. The RF waveguide, in use, guides an RF electromagnetic field applied to each of the multiple optoelectronic modulators disposed therein, the RF electromagnetic field propagating through the RF waveguide in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which an optical field propagates through each of said optoelectronic modulators.
Claims27
An RF photonic link comprising:
- a. at least one light source,
- b. multiple optoelectronic modulators, and
- c. an RF waveguide common to each one of said multiple optoelectronic modulators;
- d. wherein the multiple optoelectronic modulators are optically arranged in parallel to receive light from said at least one light source and are disposed in said RF waveguide;
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- e. wherein the RF waveguide, in use, guides an RF electromagnetic field successively to each of the multiple optoelectronic modulators disposed therein, the RF electromagnetic field propagating through the RF waveguide in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which an optical field propagates through each of said optoelectronic modulators.
A method of forming an RF photonic link comprising:
- a. providing at least one light source,
- b. providing multiple optoelectronic modulators, and
- c. providing an RF waveguide common to each one of said multiple optoelectronic modulators;
- d. disposing the multiple optoelectronic modulators in said RF waveguide such that optical axes of each multiple optoelectronic modulator are arranged in parallel to receive light from said at least one light source;
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- e. the RF waveguide, in use, supplying an RF electromagnetic field to each of the multiple optoelectronic modulators disposed therein, the RF electromagnetic field propagating through the RF waveguide in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which an optical field propagates through each of said optoelectronic modulators.
An RF photonic link comprising:
- a. at least one light source,
- b. at least one photodetector,
- c. multiple optoelectronic modulators each having an output coupled to said at least one photodetector, and
- d. an RF waveguide common to each one of said multiple optoelectronic modulators;
- e. means for disposing the multiple optoelectronic modulators in said RF waveguide such that optical axes of each multiple optoelectronic modulator are arranged in parallel to receive light from said at least one light source;
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- f. the RF waveguide providing means for supplying an RF electromagnetic field to each of the multiple optoelectronic modulators disposed therein, the RF electromagnetic field propagating through the RF waveguide in a direction that is perpendicular to a direction in which an optical field propagates through each of said optoelectronic modulators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.