Phase-controlled apertures using heterodyne optical phase-locked loops

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 897-899

  Satyan, Naresh ^a   Liang, Wei ^a   Aflatouni, Firooz ^b   Yariv, Amnon ^a   Kewitsch, Anthony ^c   Rakuljic, George ^c   Hashemi, Hossein ^b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c Telaris Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent optics; Optical phase locked loops (OPLLs); Semiconductor laser (SCL) arrays

Indexed keywords

COHERENT OPTICS; ELECTRONIC FEEDBACK; ELECTROOPTIC CRYSTALS; EXTERNAL CAVITY; NEW APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL PATH LENGTHS; OPTICAL PHASE; OPTICAL PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; OPTICAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOPS (OPLLS); PHASE LOCKED; RADIOFREQUENCY SIGNALS; VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR;

FEEDBACK; HETERODYNING; LASERS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 46649083344     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.922335     Document Type: Article

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