Title :
Optical generation of a highly stable millimeter wave by heterodyning of two phase-locked diode lasers with an optical comb generator
Author :
Musha, Mitsuru ; Nakagawa, Ken´ichi ; Ueda, Ken-ichi ; Ueda, Akitoshi ; Ishiguro, Masato
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo
Abstract :
An optically-generated high-stable millimeter-wave synthesizer was realized for a local oscillator of a large mm/sub-mm phased-array telescope. The spectral purity of mm signal was evaluated up to 100 GHz
Keywords :
astronomical telescopes; frequency standards; heterodyne detection; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; optical phase locked loops; semiconductor lasers; 100 GHz; heterodyning; highly stable millimeter wave; local oscillator; millimeter phased-array telescope; millimeter signal; millimeter-wave synthesizer; optical comb generator; optical generation; phase-locked diode lasers; spectral purity; submillimeter phased-array telescope;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
