A heterodyne optical phase-locked loop for multiple applications

Author

Mingzhi Lu ; Hyun-Chul Park ; Parker, John S. ; Bloch, Eli ; Sivananthan, A. ; Griffith, Zach ; Johansson, Leif A. ; Rodwell, Mark J. ; Coldren, Larry A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

17-21 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A novel heterodyne optical phase-locked loop (OPLL) has been achieved and testing results are demonstrated with a 0.03 rad² phase error variance. Based on the superior performance of this OPLL, a system prototype is shown for multiple applications, including free-space LIDAR systems, widely-and-fast-tunable ultra-narrow-linewidth lasers, and ultra-accurate optical spectrum analyzers.

Keywords

integrated optoelectronics; laser tuning; optical phase locked loops; optical radar; optical testing; prototypes; spectral analysers; OPLL; free-space LIDAR systems; heterodyne optical phase-locked loop; optical testing; phase error variance; system prototype; ultraaccurate optical spectrum analyzers; widely-and-fast-tunable ultranarrow-linewidth lasers; Adaptive optics; Integrated optics; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0457-0

Type

conf

Filename

6533146