DocumentCode
947752
Title
Optical injection locking of impatt oscillators
Author
Forrest, J.R. ; Seeds, A.J.
Author_Institution
University College London, Microwave Research Unit, Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department, London, UK
Volume
14
Issue
19
fYear
1978
Firstpage
626
Lastpage
627
Abstract
A method for locking impatt oscillators by illuminating the impatt diode with a low-power laser beam, amplitude modulated at microwave frequency, is described. A large-signal theory of impatt operation, including the effects of finite reverse saturation currents and their modulation by the laser beam, is presented and predicts locking ranges of several tens of MHz with laser powers of a few mW
Keywords
IMPATT diodes; laser beam applications; microwave oscillators; solid-state microwave circuits; IMPATT diode; IMPATT oscillators; amplitude modulation; finite reverse saturation currents; laser beam; laser powers; microwave frequency; optical injection locking; phase locking;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19780421
Filename
4242598
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