• DocumentCode
    1447128
  • Title

    10 GHz cryocooled sapphire oscillator with extremely low phase noise

  • Author

    Grop, Serge ; Bourgeois, Pierre-Yves ; Boudot, R. ; Kersale, Yann ; Rubiola, Enrico ; Giordano, V.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. FEMTO-ST, Univ. de Franche-Comte, Besancon, France
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    420
  • Lastpage
    422
  • Abstract
    The phase noise characterisation of two 10 GHz cryogenic sapphire oscillators exhibiting frequency stability higher than 3??10-15 is reported. One of these oscillators developed for the deep space navigation ground stations of the European Space Agency, incorporates a closed cycle cryocooler as cold source. Near the carrier, the measured phase noise is limited by a flicker frequency noise: S??(f)=-30log(f)-98 dBrad2/Hz.
  • Keywords
    cryogenic electronics; flicker noise; microwave oscillators; oscillators; phase noise; sapphire; European Space Agency; closed cycle cryocooler; cryocooled sapphire oscillator; cryogenic sapphire oscillator; deep space navigation ground station; flicker frequency noise; frequency 10 GHz; frequency stability; low phase noise; phase noise characterisation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2010.0263
  • Filename
    5434622
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1447128