• DocumentCode
    1571983
  • Title

    Laser synthesizer of the ALMA telescope: Design and performance

  • Author

    Ayotte, Simon ; Babin, André ; Poulin, Patrick ; Poulin, Michel ; Jeanneau, Amélie ; Picard, Marie-Josée ; Poulin, Daniel ; Davidson, Charles-André ; Aubé, Maryse ; Alexandre, Isabelle ; Costin, François ; Pelletier, François ; Cliche, Jean-François ; Têt

  • Author_Institution
    TeraXion, Québec, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    249
  • Lastpage
    252
  • Abstract
    The Laser Synthesizer of the Atacama Large Millimiter Array telescope in Chile has been designed and built by TeraXion. We present the design and performance achieved with this instrument.
  • Keywords
    frequency synthesizers; radioastronomy; radiotelescopes; submillimetre astronomy; ALMA telescope; Atacama Large Millimiter Array telescope; international radio astronomical facility; laser synthesizer; submillimeter wavelength radio waves; Frequency synthesizers; Laser noise; Optical filters; Optical switches; Phase noise; Semiconductor lasers; Synthesizers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7824-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2010.5664623
  • Filename
    5664623