Title :
Observation of injection locking in an optomechanical RF oscillator
Author :
Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Vahala, Kerry J.
Author_Institution :
T. J Watson Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate injection locking of a radiation pressure driven optomechanical oscillator through external optical modulation of the optical pump power near optomechanical oscillation frequency.
Keywords :
injection locked oscillators; microwave photonics; optical modulation; optical pumping; radiation pressure; radiofrequency oscillators; external optical modulation; injection locking; optical pump power; optomechanical RF oscillator; radiation pressure; Amplitude modulation; Injection-locked oscillators; Optical coupling; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; RF signals; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688534
