Title :
Low jitter optical and microwave synthesis with frequency combs
Author :
Diddams, S.A. ; Fortier, T. ; Kirchner, M.S. ; Meyer, S.A. ; Quinlan, F.J. ; Taylor, J. ; Bergquist, J.C. ; Jiang, Y. ; Ludlow, A. ; Oates, C.W. ; Rosenband, T.
Author_Institution :
Time & Freq. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
An optically-stabilized femtosecond laser optical frequency comb can serve as a source of optical and microwave waveforms with absolute integrated timing jitter on the scale of a few femtoseconds. This ultralow jitter is due to the stability of a passive optical cavity, which is the frequency reference for the system. We will present recent results in the generation of low phase noise 10 GHz signals and will discuss our progress towards the synthesis of more complicated waveforms.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; microwave photonics; optical frequency conversion; optical noise; phase noise; timing jitter; absolute integrated timing jitter; frequency 10 GHz; low jitter optical synthesis; microwave synthesis; microwave waveforms; optical waveforms; optically-stabilized femtosecond laser optical frequency comb; passive optical cavity; ultralow jitter; Laser noise; Masers; Microwave oscillators; Optical noise; Optimized production technology; Phase noise; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7824-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2010.5664254
