High-Q optical resonators for stabilization of high spectral purity microwave oscillators

Author

Merrer, P.H. ; Bouchier, A. ; Brahimi, H. ; Llopis, O. ; Cibiel, G.

Author_Institution

LAAS-CNRS, Univ. de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

fYear

2009

fDate

20-24 April 2009

Firstpage

866

Lastpage

869

Abstract

Different high-Q optical resonators are presented in this communication. Our aim is to use them to develop compact high performances microwave oscillators. The optical quality factor of a quartz disk used as a whispering gallery modes resonator has been measured to be higher than 10⁹. We also investigate the potentialities of high-Q fibre ring resonators. The performances of an optoelectronic oscillator at 10 GHz based on such a passive fibre ring resonator are presented here.

Keywords

microwave oscillators; optical resonators; optoelectronic devices; frequency 10 GHz; high spectral purity microwave oscillator; high-Q fibre ring resonator; high-Q optical resonator; optical quality factor; optoelectronic oscillator; quartz disk; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser modes; Microwave devices; Microwave oscillators; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Q factor; Radio frequency; Whispering gallery modes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium, 2009 Joint with the 22nd European Frequency and Time forum. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Besancon

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3511-1

Electronic_ISBN

1075-6787

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.2009.5168310

Filename

5168310