Title :
Photonic microwave generation with high-power photodiodes
Author :
Fortier, Tara M. ; Quinlan, Franklyn ; Nelson, Craig ; Hati, Archita ; Fu, Yi-Shiang ; Campbell, Joe C. ; Diddams, Scott A.
Author_Institution :
Time & Freq. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Using modified uni-travelling carrier photodiodes that exhibit high linearity at high photocurrent we have generated a 10 GHz microwave carrier via optical frequency division with sub 500 attosecond absolute timing jitter (1Hz - 10 MHz).
Keywords :
microwave generation; microwave photonics; photodiodes; frequency 10 GHz; high linearity; high power photodiode; microwave carrier; optical frequency division; photonic microwave generation; unitravelling carrier photodiode; Frequency conversion; High-speed optical techniques; Masers; Microwave filters; Noise; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656581
