Patent ID: 9143094
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G02F,H01S,H03F,H04B

Abstract:
1. A microwave power amplification apparatus, comprising: an optical input, wherein the optical input is an optical signal carrying a power-to-be-amplified microwave signal and the optical input has at least one modulation sideband; an optical output, wherein the optical output is an optical signal carrying a power-amplified microwave signal; and a microwave power amplification module comprising a microwave-power amplification laser to convert the optical input into the optical output using period-one nonlinear dynamics of the microwave-power amplification laser, wherein a typical output of the microwave-power amplification laser without the optical input is a continuous wave of one single frequency, and wherein an optical power and a carrier frequency of the optical input are adjusted so as to place the microwave-power amplification laser in the period-one nonlinear dynamics.