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US08064740B2 Arrangement for the electro-optical control and fast modulation of THz transmitters and THz measuring systems 有权
用于电光控制和THz发射器和THz测量系统的快速调制的布置

Arrangement for the electro-optical control and fast modulation of THz transmitters and THz measuring systems
Abstract:
An inexpensive and compact arrangement for the electrical control and fast modulation of THz transmitters and THz measuring systems is proposed, wherein said arrangement is stable, requires no mechanical movements and operates with a purely electric control, consumes little power and also has a high speed potential for the phase modulation. This is achieved by replacing the components known from the state of the art, namely two lasers, the beam splitters, the couplers and the mechanically moved delay line, with a compact monolithic or hybrid integrated chip (10), particularly a so-called optical master chip without moving parts that comprises at least the two lasers (1, 2), the beam splitters (S3.1, S3.2), the couplers (K3.1, K3.2) and a phase modulator (4.1) for one of the laser waves such that the two generated beat signals are respectively delivered to different chip outputs (6, 7) in order to separately control the THz transmitter and the local oscillator.
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