Title :
Microwave signal generation with injection-locked laser diodes
Author :
Goldberg, L. ; Taylor, H.F. ; Weller, J.F. ; Bloom, D.M.
Author_Institution :
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
Abstract :
Heterodyne detection of the light from two slave lasers injection locked to FM sidebands of a modulated master laser is used to generate a narrowband microwave signal at 10.5 GHz.
Keywords :
demodulation; frequency modulation; laser beam applications; microwave generation; microwave oscillators; optical communication; 10.5 GHz; FDM; FM sidebands; SHF; demodulation; frequency multiplexed optical communications; heterodyne detection; injection-locked laser diodes; microwave generation; microwave oscillator control; modulated master laser; narrowband microwave signal; slave lasers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830333
