Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photonic integrated circuit (PIC) radio frequency oscillator
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Application No.: US17845900Application Date: 2022-06-21
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Publication No.: US11988871B2Publication Date: 2024-05-21
- Inventor: Moe D. Soltani , Ken Dinndorf , Jack W. Holloway , Gerhard Sollner
- Applicant: Raytheon BBN Technologies, Corp.
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies, Corp.
- Current Assignee: Raytheon BBN Technologies, Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Main IPC: G02B6/125
- IPC: G02B6/125 ; G02B6/12

Abstract:
A technology is described for a Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) radio frequency (RF) oscillator. The PIC RF oscillator can comprise an optical gain media coupled to a first mirror and configured to be coupled to the PIC. The PIC can comprise a first optical cavity located within the PIC, a tunable mirror to form a first optical path between the first mirror in the gain media and the first tunable mirror, and a frequency tunable intra-cavity dual tone resonator positioned within the first optical cavity to constrain the first optical cavity having a common optical path to produce tow primary laser tones with a tunable frequency spacing. A photo detector is optically coupled to the PIC and configured to mix the two primary laser tones to form an RF output signal with a frequency selected by the tunable frequency spacing of the two primary tones.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220404550A1 Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Radio Frequency Oscillator Public/Granted day:2022-12-22
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