Title :
Broadband phase noise limit in the direct detection of ultralow jitter optical pulses
Author :
Quinlan, Franklyn ; Wenlu Sun ; Fortier, Tara M. ; Deschenes, Jean-Daniel ; Yang Fu ; Campbell, Joe C. ; Diddams, Scott A.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
The lowest measured phase noise floors of photonically generated microwave signals are orders-of-magnitude above the quantum limit. We show this discrepancy is likely due to photocarrier scattering in high speed, high linearity photodetectors.
Keywords :
microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical noise; phase noise; photodetectors; broadband phase noise limit; high speed high linearity photodetectors; photocarrier scattering; photonically generated microwave signals; quantum limit; ultralow jitter optical pulse direct detection; Microwave circuits; Microwave photonics; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Phase noise;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
