Coupled opto-electronic oscillators with low noise

US7218662B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• OEwaves, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Vladimir Ilchenko · Tustin, US
• Ismail Yilmaz · Oviedo, US
• Nikolai Morozov · Orinda, US
• Dmitri Kossakovski · South Pasadena, US
• Danny Eliyahu · Pasadena, US
• Mark Henderson · La Verne, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 14, 2005
• Grant date: May 15, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01S5/146
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Coupled opto-electronic oscillators with a whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) optical resonator inside the laser cavity to produce oscillation signals out of the optical spectral range, e.g., RF or microwave frequencies.