• DocumentCode
    2298717
  • Title

    High spectral purity microwave generation via optical division

  • Author

    Fortier, Tara M. ; Quinlan, Franklyn ; Taylor, Jennifer ; Hati, Archita ; Nelson, Craig ; Lemke, Nathan ; Ludlow, Andrew ; Liebrandt, David ; Rosenband, Till ; Howe, David ; Fu, Yang ; Campbell, Joe ; Oates, Chris ; Diddams, Scott

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    We generate 10 GHz microwave signals from high quality factor (Q~1011) optical resonators via optical frequency division. The demonstrated phase noise is comparable to or better than that obtained via cryogenic systems for timescales <; 1s.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical pulse generation; phase noise; frequency 10 GHz; high quality factor optical resonators; high spectral purity microwave generation; microwave signal generation; optical frequency division; phase noise; Masers; Microwave oscillators; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Optical resonators; Photonics;
  • 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.2012.6358463
  • Filename
    6358463
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2298717