Coherent power combination of semiconductor lasers using optical phase-lock loops

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 240-247

  Satyan, Naresh ^a   Liang, Wei ^b   Kewitsch, Anthony ^c   Rakuljic, George ^c   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b OEWAVES INC   (United States)

^c Telaris Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COHERENT ARRAYS; ELECTRONIC CONTROLS; HIGH-POWER; HIGH-POWER SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; MASTER LASERS; OPTICAL PHASE; OPTICAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOPS (OPLLS); OPTICAL SOURCES; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS;

BEAMFORMING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASERS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; POWER ELECTRONICS; REMOTE CONTROL; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SERVOMECHANISMS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 64549108885     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2008.2011490     Document Type: Article

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