• DocumentCode
    1770665
  • Title

    Optical-to-microwave conversion with 1-second instability at the 10−17 Level

  • Author

    Baynes, Fred N. ; Quinlan, Franklyn ; Fortier, Tara ; Qiugui Zhou ; Beling, Andreas ; Campbell, Joe ; Diddams, Scott A.

  • Author_Institution
    Time & Freq. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We characterize high-power photodiodes under short pulse illumination for microwave generation. Photodetection limits the 10 GHz instability to 1.4 × 10-17 at 1 s, corresponding to 1/f phase noise of -135 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; microwave photonics; photodetectors; photodiodes; 1/f phase noise; high-power photodiodes; instability; microwave generation; optical-to-microwave conversion; photodetection limits; short pulse illumination; High-speed optical techniques; Noise measurement; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Phase noise; Photodiodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989041
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1770665