Coherence cloning using semiconductor laser optical phase-lock loops

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 755-761

  Satyan, Naresh ^a   Liang, Wei ^b   Yariv, Amnon ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b OEWAVES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical interferometry; Optical phase lock loops (OPLLs); Phase noise; Semiconductor lasers (SCLs)

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE PROPERTIES; FREQUENCY NOISE SPECTRA; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH-POWER; INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT; LASER FIELDS; LASER FREQUENCY; LIMITED BANDWIDTH; LINE SHAPE; MODULATION RESPONSE; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL PHASE; OPTICAL PHASE-LOCK LOOPS (OPLLS); PHYSICAL FACTORS; PROPAGATION DELAYS; SELF-HETERODYNE;

BEAMFORMING; CLONING; FIBER LASERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; PHASE NOISE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 67449091144     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2013120     Document Type: Article

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