Stability degradation factors evaluated by phase noise measurement in an optical-microwave frequency link using an optical frequency comb

Author

Inaba, Hajime ; Yanagimachi, Shinya ; Hong, Feng-Lei ; Onae, Atsushi ; Koga, Yasuki ; Matsumoto, Hirokazu

Author_Institution

Nat. Metrol. Inst. of Japan, Nat. Inst. ofAdvanced Ind. Sci. & Technol., Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

54

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

763

Lastpage

766

Abstract

We are developing a highly stable optical-microwave frequency link system using an optical frequency comb. We consider the stability degradation factors in the frequency link system to be the synthesis, phase locking, and photo detection system of the repetition frequency. We evaluated these factors by undertaking phase noise measurements and we estimated the stability from these results. These estimations were consistent with experimental results.

Keywords

laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; laser modes; microwave photonics; noise measurement; optical modulation; phase noise; laser stability; mode-locked lasers; optical frequency comb; optical-microwave frequency link; phase locking; phase noise measurement; photo detection system; stability degradation factors; Degradation; Frequency measurement; Frequency synthesizers; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Phase detection; Phase frequency detector; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Stability; Laser stability; mode-locked lasers; phase noise;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2004.843113

Filename

1408283