Ultra-stable OEwaves lasers for millimeter-wave atmospheric radar

At CLEO: Science & Innovations 2021, OEwaves joined forces with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to unveil a breakthrough in radar technology: a photonic heterodyne synthesizer capable of generating low-phase-noise microwave signals spanning 1–104 GHz using miniaturized external cavity lasers.

This technology was put through its paces in a 95 GHz frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar in outdoor tests, demonstrating significantly enhanced radar performance thanks to the cleaner, more stable synthesizer output.

For OEwaves, this represents another step in pushing the limits of spectral purity and stability in microwave photonics—capabilities that are increasingly crucial for advanced sensing, radar, communications, and other spectrum-demanding applications.

Want to dive deeper? We’d be happy to walk you through how its architecture works and what it could enable in your radar or system design. Check out the full article here

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