• DocumentCode
    577860
  • Title

    Shot noise correlations in the detection of ultrashort optical pulses

  • Author

    Quinlan, F. ; Fortier, T.M. ; Jiang, H. ; Hati, A. ; Nelson, C. ; Fu, Y. ; Campbell, J. ; Diddams, S.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    14
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    The time-varying nature of optical pulses produces correlations in the photocurrent shot noise spectrum. These correlations are exploited to produce a phase noise floor of -177 dBc/Hz on a 10 GHz photonically generated microwave signal.
  • Keywords
    laser noise; microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical correlation; optical pulse generation; phase noise; photoconductivity; shot noise; frequency 10 GHz; phase noise floor; photocurrent shot noise spectrum; photonically generated microwave signal; shot noise correlations; time-varying nature; ultrashort optical pulses; Microwave measurements; Microwave photonics; Optical pulses; Phase noise; Photoconductivity; microwave photonics; phase noise; shot noise; ultrafast optics;
  • 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.2012.6358465
  • Filename
    6358465
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=577860