Apparatus for millimeter-wave signal generation

Vawter, G Allen; Hietala, Vincent M; Zolper, John C; Mar, Alan; Hohimer, John P

Apparatus for millimeter-wave signal generation

Patent · Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:872736

Vawter, G Allen ^[1]; Hietala, Vincent M ^[2]; Zolper, John C ^[1]; Mar, Alan ^[1]; Hohimer, John P ^[1]

Albuquerque, NM
Placitas, NM

An opto-electronic integrated circuit (OEIC) apparatus is disclosed for generating an electrical signal at a frequency .gtoreq.10 GHz. The apparatus, formed on a single substrate, includes a semiconductor ring laser for generating a continuous train of mode-locked lasing pulses and a high-speed photodetector for detecting the train of lasing pulses and generating the electrical signal therefrom. Embodiments of the invention are disclosed with an active waveguide amplifier coupling the semiconductor ring laser and the high-speed photodetector. The invention has applications for use in OEICs and millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs).

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Research Organization:: SANDIA CORP

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Assignee:: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)

Patent Number(s):: US 5998781

OSTI ID:: 872736

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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