Multi-Sensor Exploitation Capabilities Enhancements for an Autonomous Analysis/Exploitation System

Not Available WaveBand Corporation proposes to develop a new millimeter-wave (MMW) source compatible with MCM and MMIC technology. The MMW source is based on a specially designed passively mode-locked semiconductor laser (MLSL) with a ring cavity. It does not require coupling out of the radiation produced within the active region of the laser. A coplanar guiding line coupled to the saturable absorber will serve as the MMW probe coupling out the MMW electromagnetic waves produced by the device. The new source promises to be much less expensive than the state-of-the-art MMW sources employing outer MMW cavity and thus will find applications as a local oscillator in sensors, MMW radars, steering antennas, and other MMIC devices.