Title :
Impact of optical amplification and pulse interleaving in low phase noise photonic microwave generation
Author :
Quinlan, Franklyn ; Baynes, Fred N. ; Fortier, Tara M. ; Zhou, Qu ; Cross, Allen ; Campbell, Joe C. ; Diddams, Scott A.
Author_Institution :
Time & Freq. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Using carefully constructed pulse interleavers, we demonstrate ~10 dB reduction in the quantum noise from optical amplification for short pulse detection, resulting in a phase noise floor on a 10 GHz microwave of -175 dBc/Hz.
Keywords :
laser mode locking; laser noise; microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical fibre amplifiers; phase noise; photodetectors; quantum noise; quantum optics; frequency 10 GHz; low-phase noise photonic microwave generation; optical amplification; optical pulse interleaving; quantum noise; short-pulse detection; Masers; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave oscillators; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Phase noise;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
