• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 9, 091402 (2015)
Bin Lu1、2, Fang Wei1, Zhen Zhang1、2, Dan Xu1、2, Zhengqing Pan1, Dijun Chen1、*, and Haiwen Cai1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.091402 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Bin Lu, Fang Wei, Zhen Zhang, Dan Xu, Zhengqing Pan, Dijun Chen, Haiwen Cai. Research on tunable local laser used in ground-to-satellite coherent laser communication[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(9): 091402 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic diagram of the modulation-sideband injection locking.
    Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the modulation-sideband injection locking.
    Schematic diagram of the RF signal source.
    Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of the RF signal source.
    RF signal spectrum diagram at 7.94796 GHz.
    Fig. 3. RF signal spectrum diagram at 7.94796 GHz.
    Spectra of the local laser. (a) Modulated master laser. (b) Injection-locked slave laser.
    Fig. 4. Spectra of the local laser. (a) Modulated master laser. (b) Injection-locked slave laser.
    Linewidths of the master and injection-locked slave lasers.
    Fig. 5. Linewidths of the master and injection-locked slave lasers.
    Intensity curves of the non-equilibrium Mach–Zehnder interferometer for laser frequency modulation.
    Fig. 6. Intensity curves of the non-equilibrium Mach–Zehnder interferometer for laser frequency modulation.
    Capture process.
    Fig. 7. Capture process.
    Doppler frequency shift tracking within 12 MHz.
    Fig. 8. Doppler frequency shift tracking within 12 MHz.
    Doppler frequency shift tracking within 6 GHz.
    Fig. 9. Doppler frequency shift tracking within 6 GHz.
    Frequency Range5–10 GHz
    Power Output17–20 dBm
    Tune Voltage0–20 V
    Supply Current195 mA@15 V
    Second Harmonic15dBc
    SSB Phase Noise93dBc/Hz@100kHz
    64dBc/Hz@10kHz
    Table 1. Parameters of the VCO
    Bin Lu, Fang Wei, Zhen Zhang, Dan Xu, Zhengqing Pan, Dijun Chen, Haiwen Cai. Research on tunable local laser used in ground-to-satellite coherent laser communication[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(9): 091402
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