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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2012
Thomas W. Karras, Berwyn, PA (US);
Stephen Robertson, Harleysville, PA (US);
Arthur C. Paolella, Jamison, PA (US);
William J. Taft, Yardville, NJ (US);
Thomas W. Karras, Berwyn, PA (US);
Stephen Robertson, Harleysville, PA (US);
Arthur C. Paolella, Jamison, PA (US);
William J. Taft, Yardville, NJ (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A compact photonic radio frequency front end receiver system including a laser chip source, radio frequency and LO inputs, an optical modulator chip coupled to the laser source and the radio frequency and LO inputs, a millimeter scale optical radio frequency multi-pole filter coupled to the optical modulator, an optical switch array chip coupled to the optical radio frequency multi-pole filter, and a detector chip coupled to the optical switch array, all with micro-optic coupling, heterodyne signal recovery, and wavelength locking.