DocumentCode
2993733
Title
Noise properties of microwave signals synthesized with femtosecond lasers
Author
Ivanov, E.N. ; McFerran, J.J. ; Diddams, S.A. ; Hollberg, L.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Phys., Western Australia Univ., Crawley, WA
fYear
2005
fDate
29-31 Aug. 2005
Firstpage
932
Lastpage
936
Abstract
The excess noise associated with the process of coherent optical-to-microwave frequency division was measured. This was accomplished by referencing two mode-locked Ti: sapphire lasers to the same stable CW laser and extracting microwave signals at the harmonics of pulse repetition rate. The spectral density of the excess phase noise was found to be close to -140dBc/Hz at 100Hz offset from a 10 GHz carrier
Keywords
harmonics; laser mode locking; noise measurement; optical pulse generation; phase noise; 10 GHz; Al2O3:Ti; CW laser; coherent optical-to-microwave frequency division; femtosecond lasers; frequency stabilization; harmonics; microwave signals; mode-locked lasers; phase noise; Frequency conversion; Frequency measurement; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser stability; Masers; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Signal synthesis; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frequency Control Symposium and Exposition, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9053-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FREQ.2005.1574059
Filename
1574059
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