OPTICAL MILLIMETER-WAVE GENERATION TECHNIQUE WITH HIGH-EFFICIENCY, PURITY AND STABILITY

Authors
NOEL L MARCENAC D WAKE D
Citation
L. Noel et al., OPTICAL MILLIMETER-WAVE GENERATION TECHNIQUE WITH HIGH-EFFICIENCY, PURITY AND STABILITY, Electronics Letters, 32(21), 1996, pp. 1997-1998
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
32
Issue
21
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1997 - 1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1996)32:21<1997:OMGTWH>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A new technique is proposed and demonstrated for the optical generatio n of high power, high purity millimetre-wave signals, which uses optic al heterodyning of two singlemode lasers to generate a beat signal in a photodiode. The lasers are in a series (master/slave) configuration, and very low phase noise is produced in the beat signal simply by sub harmonic electrical injection of the slave laser.