DOPLR: Digital Offset Phase Locker

High-speed digital servo electronics made easy!

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The Digital Offset Phase Locker (DOPLR) is an easy-to-use benchtop instrument for stabilizing voltage-tunable RF signals. The DOPLR has been designed specifically for the phase locking of laser heterodyne beat signals, though other electronic signals such as those from voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) can also be used.

DOPLR provides the benefits of all-digital locking capabilities in a user-friendly laboratory instrument form factor. Simply power up and use the convenient knobs and buttons to optimize your loop filter settings.

A common use case is locking the fceo beat frequency obtained from an Octave Photonics COSMO module. Read more about full comb stabilization in our Application Note.

Features:

  • Tactile interface

  • Two-channel PI²D control

  • > 2 MHz bandwidth (at 30° phase roll-off)

  • Programming API

  • Flexible 5/10/100 MHz external clock input 

  • Easy data export to front-panel USB

  • Slow auxiliary outputs for long-term locking

  • Real-time ADEV with zero-deadtime counter