Rapidly tunable millimeter-wave optical transmitter for lidar-radar

Authors
Li, YF Vieira, AJC Goldwasser, SM Herczfeld, PR
Citation
Yf. Li et al., Rapidly tunable millimeter-wave optical transmitter for lidar-radar, IEEE MICR T, 49(10), 2001, pp. 2048-2054
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Eletrical & Eletronics Engineeing
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES
ISSN journal
00189480 → ACNP
Volume
49
Issue
10
Year of publication
2001
Part
2
Pages
2048 - 2054
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9480(200110)49:10<2048:RTMOTF>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
This paper reports on the optical generation of a rapidly tunable millimete r-wave subcarrier for lidar-radar. The millimeter-wave signal is generated by beating the output from two Nd:YVO4/MgO:LiNbO3 electrooptical monomode m icrochip laser sections realized monolithically in a single composite cryst al. The device has a continuous tuning range up to 45 GHz. The measured chi rp rate is 3816 THz/s, the voltage sensitivity is 10.6 MHz/V, and the measu red residual phase noise is -106 dBc/Hz at 10-kHz offset.