WO2022125352A3 - Wideband photonic synthesizer stabilized to a reference clock using photonic components - Google Patents

Wideband photonic synthesizer stabilized to a reference clock using photonic components Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO2022125352A3
WO2022125352A3 PCT/US2021/061368 US2021061368W WO2022125352A3 WO 2022125352 A3 WO2022125352 A3 WO 2022125352A3 US 2021061368 W US2021061368 W US 2021061368W WO 2022125352 A3 WO2022125352 A3 WO 2022125352A3
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
photonic
lasers
synthesizer
signal
pair
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/US2021/061368
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2022125352A2 (en
Inventor
Abdelkrim EL AMILI
Danny Eliyahu
Lute Maleki
Original Assignee
Oewaves, Inc.
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from US17/538,499 external-priority patent/US11581946B2/en
Application filed by Oewaves, Inc. filed Critical Oewaves, Inc.
Priority to CA3201383A priority Critical patent/CA3201383A1/en
Priority to EP21836282.0A priority patent/EP4260416A2/en
Publication of WO2022125352A2 publication Critical patent/WO2022125352A2/en
Publication of WO2022125352A3 publication Critical patent/WO2022125352A3/en

Links

Classifications

    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/25Arrangements specific to fibre transmission
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/06Arrangements for controlling the laser output parameters, e.g. by operating on the active medium
    • H01S5/068Stabilisation of laser output parameters
    • H01S5/0683Stabilisation of laser output parameters by monitoring the optical output parameters
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/40Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups H01S5/02 - H01S5/30
    • H01S5/4012Beam combining, e.g. by the use of fibres, gratings, polarisers, prisms
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/40Arrangement of two or more semiconductor lasers, not provided for in groups H01S5/02 - H01S5/30
    • H01S5/4025Array arrangements, e.g. constituted by discrete laser diodes or laser bar
    • H01S5/4087Array arrangements, e.g. constituted by discrete laser diodes or laser bar emitting more than one wavelength
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/005Optical components external to the laser cavity, specially adapted therefor, e.g. for homogenisation or merging of the beams or for manipulating laser pulses, e.g. pulse shaping
    • H01S5/0085Optical components external to the laser cavity, specially adapted therefor, e.g. for homogenisation or merging of the beams or for manipulating laser pulses, e.g. pulse shaping for modulating the output, i.e. the laser beam is modulated outside the laser cavity
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/02Structural details or components not essential to laser action
    • H01S5/022Mountings; Housings
    • H01S5/023Mount members, e.g. sub-mount members
    • H01S5/02325Mechanically integrated components on mount members or optical micro-benches
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01SDEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S5/00Semiconductor lasers
    • H01S5/02Structural details or components not essential to laser action
    • H01S5/022Mountings; Housings
    • H01S5/0239Combinations of electrical or optical elements
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04BTRANSMISSION
    • H04B2210/00Indexing scheme relating to optical transmission systems
    • H04B2210/006Devices for generating or processing an RF signal by optical means

Landscapes

  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
  • Semiconductor Lasers (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)

Abstract

A photonic synthesizer includes a multifrequency optical source to produce a signal of interest from a pair of lasers, which may be self-injection locked chip lasers. The signal is referenced to a high frequency clock using a photonic mixer/divider based on an electro-optical modulator and a relatively slow photodiode. The electro-optical modulator produces optical harmonics from the beams from the pair of lasers, where one harmonic from the first laser beam and one harmonic from the second laser beam beat on the photodiode. A phase locked control signal is generated for controlling the output frequency of one or both of the two lasers. The output signal of the photonic synthesizer is generated using a relatively fast photodiode based on a difference in frequencies of the pair of lasers. The output signal may be a millimeter wave-band signal. The photonic synthesizer can be formed as a photonic integrated circuit (PIC).
PCT/US2021/061368 2020-12-10 2021-12-01 Wideband photonic synthesizer stabilized to a reference clock using photonic components WO2022125352A2 (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA3201383A CA3201383A1 (en) 2020-12-10 2021-12-01 Wideband photonic synthesizer stabilized to a reference clock using photonic components
EP21836282.0A EP4260416A2 (en) 2020-12-10 2021-12-01 Wideband photonic synthesizer stabilized to a reference clock using photonic components

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US202063123887P 2020-12-10 2020-12-10
US63/123,887 2020-12-10
US17/538,499 2021-11-30
US17/538,499 US11581946B2 (en) 2020-12-10 2021-11-30 Wideband photonic synthesizer stabilized to a reference clock using photonic components

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2022125352A2 WO2022125352A2 (en) 2022-06-16
WO2022125352A3 true WO2022125352A3 (en) 2022-07-21

Family

ID=79231122

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/US2021/061368 WO2022125352A2 (en) 2020-12-10 2021-12-01 Wideband photonic synthesizer stabilized to a reference clock using photonic components

Country Status (3)

Country Link
EP (1) EP4260416A2 (en)
CA (1) CA3201383A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2022125352A2 (en)

Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2000045213A1 (en) * 1999-01-28 2000-08-03 California Institute Of Technology Opto-electronic techniques for reducing phase noise in a carrier signal by carrier suppression
US20060239312A1 (en) * 2005-04-23 2006-10-26 Telaris Inc. Semiconductor Lasers in Optical Phase-Locked Loops
WO2016164263A1 (en) * 2015-04-08 2016-10-13 Imra America, Inc. Systems and methods for low noise frequency multiplication, division, and synchronization
US20170012705A1 (en) * 2014-01-24 2017-01-12 California Institute Of Technology Stabilized microwave-frequency source
US20200328573A1 (en) * 2019-04-12 2020-10-15 Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc. Tunable optical pair source and related systems and methods

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2000045213A1 (en) * 1999-01-28 2000-08-03 California Institute Of Technology Opto-electronic techniques for reducing phase noise in a carrier signal by carrier suppression
US20060239312A1 (en) * 2005-04-23 2006-10-26 Telaris Inc. Semiconductor Lasers in Optical Phase-Locked Loops
US20170012705A1 (en) * 2014-01-24 2017-01-12 California Institute Of Technology Stabilized microwave-frequency source
WO2016164263A1 (en) * 2015-04-08 2016-10-13 Imra America, Inc. Systems and methods for low noise frequency multiplication, division, and synchronization
US20200328573A1 (en) * 2019-04-12 2020-10-15 Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc. Tunable optical pair source and related systems and methods

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP4260416A2 (en) 2023-10-18
WO2022125352A2 (en) 2022-06-16
CA3201383A1 (en) 2022-06-16

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
Chan et al. Tunable narrow-linewidth photonic microwave generation using semiconductor laser dynamics
US7978740B1 (en) Ultralow noise mode-locked laser and RF sinewave source
CN109270825B (en) Dual-wavelength good-bad cavity active optical clock based on secondary cavity locking technology and implementation method thereof
US4503403A (en) Optical injection locking of solid-state oscillators by frequency-multiplexed injection-locked, laser diodes
CN109713552B (en) High-stability microwave signal generation method based on stimulated Brillouin scattering effect
JP6714270B2 (en) Optical frequency comb generator
EP0411131B1 (en) Wavelength stabilized source of light
CN109004499B (en) Tunable microwave source
Maxin et al. Widely tunable opto-electronic oscillator based on a dual-frequency laser
Li et al. Tunable Microwave Frequency Comb Generation Based on Actively Mode-Locked OEO
JP2002033548A (en) Method and apparatus for driving mode-locked semiconductor laser
US10566759B2 (en) Spectral narrowing module, refined spectral line device and method therefor
Sun et al. Limits in timing jitters of forced microwave oscillator using optical Self-ILPLL
Maleki Optoelectronic oscillators for microwave and mm-wave generation
Bustos-Ramirez et al. Synchronization of electro-optically modulated Kerr soliton to a chip-scale mode-locked laser PIC via regenerative harmonic injection locking
WO2022125352A3 (en) Wideband photonic synthesizer stabilized to a reference clock using photonic components
Tseng et al. Photonic Generation of Linearly Chirped Microwave Signals Using Period-One Dynamics of Semiconductor Lasers
Sun et al. Ultra-Stable RF signal generator using beat-notes output of DBR based multi-modes lasers
CN105577188B (en) A kind of method and device for realizing CPT atomic frequency standards
CN115102031A (en) Device and method for adjusting output frequency of laser based on atomic transition
US11581946B2 (en) Wideband photonic synthesizer stabilized to a reference clock using photonic components
Trask et al. Generation and stabilization of a terahertz spanning electro-optic modulated oscillator comb
Daryoush Highly stable forced optoelectronic oscillators and roadmap to integrated clocks
JP7515859B2 (en) Modulation signal source for optical frequency comb generation, optical frequency comb device, method for generating a modulated signal, and method for generating an optical frequency comb
Plascak et al. Electro-optic comb generation from noise with a photonically filtered optoelectronic oscillator

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
ENP Entry into the national phase

Ref document number: 3201383

Country of ref document: CA

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: DE

121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application

Ref document number: 21836282

Country of ref document: EP

Kind code of ref document: A2

ENP Entry into the national phase

Ref document number: 2021836282

Country of ref document: EP

Effective date: 20230710