Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated light source independent linewidth reduction
- Patent Title (中): 集成光源独立线宽降低
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Application No.: US13684061Application Date: 2012-11-21
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Publication No.: US09482886B2Publication Date: 2016-11-01
- Inventor: Firooz Aflatouni , Behrooz Abiri , Seyed Ali Hajimiri
- Applicant: California Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US CA Pasadena
- Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pasadena
- Agency: Alston & Bird LLP
- Main IPC: G02F1/035
- IPC: G02F1/035 ; G02F1/01 ; H04B10/2507 ; H04B10/67

Abstract:
An integrated optical linewidth reduction system detects/estimates the phase noise of an incoming optical signal and subtracts the detected phase noise from the phase noise of the incoming signal. A first coupler/splitter of the linewidth reduction system may split the incoming signal into first and second optical signals travelling through first and second optical paths. A second coupler/splitter may split the second optical signal into third and fourth optical signals travelling through third and fourth optical paths. The third optical path has a longer propagation delay than the fourth optical path. Two different coupling ratios of the third and fourth optical signals are used to generate an electrical signal representative of the phase noise of the incoming signal. A phase detector/estimator estimates the phase noise from the electrical signal. A phase modulator subtracts the detected/estimated phase noise from the phase noise of the incoming signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130322807A1 Integrated Light Source Independent Linewidth Reduction Public/Granted day:2013-12-05
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