Abstract
The University of Central Florida invention is a system that produces a spectrally pure electrical oscillation using an optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) loop. With the loop, the system modulates a continuous-wave (CW) laser to form an electro-optic modulated comb that is then conditioned by a saturable absorber, amplified and filtered. It is used as a seed for generating white light and then interfered with itself for self-referencing. The system is self-starting, self-oscillating, and self-referencing, allowing for size, weight, power, and cost improvements.
Partnering Opportunity: The research team is seeking partners for licensing, research collaboration, or both.
Stage of Development: Prototype available.
Benefit
Opto-electronic oscillator loop is formed using a high finesse Fabry-Perot etalon, so the radio frequency (RF) oscillation signal is already stabilized to an optical referenceNALM acts as a saturable absorber and only allows a pulse’s main lobe to pass while suppressing the pulse’s background Does not require an expensive low-noise external RF oscillation signal Does not require a fragile and expensive spatial light modulatorMarket Application
Astrophotonics (spectrograph calibration)Metrology (precise measurement of frequency ratios)Lidar, optical clocks, wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) communications, femtosecond laser machining, low noise microwave signal generation
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