Injection Controlled Laser Transmitter with Twin Local Oscillators.

Abstract

A heterodyne carbon dioxide optical Doppler radar is described which comprises a ring type of transmitter laser and twin local oscillator lasers which are automatically controlled to operate at a difference frequency equal to the intermediate frequency of the radar, which may be in the VHF band. The output of one of the twin lasers is injected into the transmitter laser for stabilization purposes and the output of the other of the twin lasers is heterodyned with the received target return signals to form the radar's intermediate frequency signal.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 25, 1985
Accession Number
ADD011577

Entities

People

  • P. P. Chenausky
  • W. J. Green Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Difference Frequency
  • Doppler Radar
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Intermediate Frequencies
  • Local Oscillators
  • Oscillators
  • Radar
  • Radio Frequency
  • Transmitters
  • Very High Frequency

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy