DocumentCode :
2298717
Title :
High spectral purity microwave generation via optical division
Author :
Fortier, Tara M. ; Quinlan, Franklyn ; Taylor, Jennifer ; Hati, Archita ; Nelson, Craig ; Lemke, Nathan ; Ludlow, Andrew ; Liebrandt, David ; Rosenband, Till ; Howe, David ; Fu, Yang ; Campbell, Joe ; Oates, Chris ; Diddams, Scott
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
fYear :
2012
fDate :
23-27 Sept. 2012
Firstpage :
10
Lastpage :
11
Abstract :
We generate 10 GHz microwave signals from high quality factor (Q~1011) optical resonators via optical frequency division. The demonstrated phase noise is comparable to or better than that obtained via cryogenic systems for timescales <; 1s.
Keywords :
Q-factor; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical pulse generation; phase noise; frequency 10 GHz; high quality factor optical resonators; high spectral purity microwave generation; microwave signal generation; optical frequency division; phase noise; Masers; Microwave oscillators; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Photonics;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358463
Filename :
6358463
Link To Document :
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