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Coherent lightwave transmitters

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In this paper, a coherent lightwave transmitter includes a relatively low power, single frequency laser which provides an injection locking signal to a plurality of higher power lasers located in separate, parallel optical paths.
Abstract
A coherent lightwave transmitter includes a relatively low power, single frequency laser which provides an injection locking signal to a plurality of higher power lasers located in separate, parallel optical paths. A modulator is interposed between the single frequency laser and the higher power lasers, and the outputs of the latter are added constructively to form a high power transmitter output. Feedback control of the optical path lengths to maintain constructive interference is also described.

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