Microwave signal generation with injection-locked laser diodes

23 June 1983

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 19 (13) , 491-493
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19830333

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

NARROWBAND MICROWAVE SIGNAL
DEMODULATION
INJECTION-LOCKED LASER DIODES
MICROWAVE GENERATION
FDM
MICROWAVE OSCILLATOR CONTROL
SHF
FM SIDEBANDS
10.5 GHZ
MODULATED MASTER LASER
FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXED OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
SLAVE LASERS
HETERODYNE DETECTION