Microwave generation using a dual-helicoidally-polarized ceramic microchip laser

Author

McKay, Aaron ; Dawes, Judith M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Macquarie Univ., North Ryde, NSW

fYear

2008

fDate

Sept. 9 2008-Oct. 3 2008

Firstpage

263

Lastpage

266

Abstract

A microwave source based on a two-frequency highly-doped ceramic microchip laser is presented in this paper. Tuning bandwidths of the microwave beat-note signal are shown that approaches the gain bandwidth of the laser medium (80-100 GHz). Beat-note frequency stability of ap 10^-6 over hour-long periods and quantum-noise-limited intensity noise scales well with increased tuning ranges and microchip arrangements for dual-helicoidally-polarized lasers. These simple, yet widely-tunable, stable photonic-based microwave sources are elegant devices for portable, frequency reference applications.

Keywords

doping; microchip lasers; microwave generation; beat-note frequency stability; dual-helicoidally-polarized ceramic microchip laser; frequency 80 GHz to 100 GHz; highly-doped ceramic microchip laser; microwave generation; photonic-based microwave sources; Bandwidth; Ceramics; Frequency; Laser noise; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Masers; Microchip lasers; Microwave generation; Quantum well lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave photonics, 2008. jointly held with the 2008 asia-pacific microwave photonics conference. mwp/apmp 2008. international topical meeting on

Conference_Location

Gold Coast, Qld

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2168-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2169-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2008.4666687

Filename

4666687