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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2016
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Jiang Li, Pasadena, CA (US);
Kerry Vahala, Pasadena, CA (US);
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
Microwave-frequency signal generation by generating multiple sideband optical signals separated by phase-modulation frequency f, generating beat signals between one or two sidebands and one or two optical reference signals, generating a loop-filtered error signal by comparing an electrical reference signal to one of the beat signals or their difference, and controlling with the error signal in a phase-locked loop arrangement a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) that drives the sideband generation at the frequency f. A portion of the VCO output is the generated microwave-frequency signal.