• DocumentCode
    2105450
  • Title

    Low-Noise Microwave and Optical Waveform Synthesis with Femtosecond Laser Frequency Combs

  • Author

    Diddams, Scott A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technoloy, Boulder
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    731
  • Lastpage
    732
  • Abstract
    Low-noise 10 GHz signals are generated from a reference laser whose frequency is divided down by a factor of ~5-104 with a femtosecond laser optical frequency comb. Recent results, including extensions toward synthesis of complex microwave and optical waveforms will be discussed.
  • Keywords
    laser mode locking; optical pulse shaping; femtosecond laser frequency combs; low-noise microwave; optical waveform; reference laser; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; High speed optical techniques; Masers; Optical filters; Optical frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382615
  • Filename
    4382615