• DocumentCode
    2116577
  • Title

    Photonic microwave generation with high-power photodiodes

  • Author

    Fortier, Tara M. ; Quinlan, Franklyn ; Nelson, Craig ; Hati, Archita ; Fu, Yi-Shiang ; Campbell, Joe C. ; Diddams, Scott A.

  • Author_Institution
    Time & Freq. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    350
  • Lastpage
    351
  • Abstract
    Using modified uni-travelling carrier photodiodes that exhibit high linearity at high photocurrent we have generated a 10 GHz microwave carrier via optical frequency division with sub 500 attosecond absolute timing jitter (1Hz - 10 MHz).
  • Keywords
    microwave generation; microwave photonics; photodiodes; frequency 10 GHz; high linearity; high power photodiode; microwave carrier; optical frequency division; photonic microwave generation; unitravelling carrier photodiode; Frequency conversion; High-speed optical techniques; Masers; Microwave filters; Noise; Optical pulses; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Bellevue, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1506-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656581
  • Filename
    6656581