• DocumentCode
    3530700
  • Title

    40 GHz photonic synthesizer using a dual-polarization microlaser

  • Author

    Rolland, A. ; Frein, L. ; Vallet, M. ; Brunel, M. ; Bondu, F. ; Merlet, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Phys. de Rennes, Univ. de Rennes 1, Rennes, France
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 Oct. 2010
  • Firstpage
    231
  • Lastpage
    234
  • Abstract
    An optically-carried microwave synthesis working at 40 GHz is demonstrated by using a two-frequency microchip laser inside a digital phase-locked loop. We report a relative frequency stability better than 2.5!10!11. Different frequency sweeping formats are programmed.
  • Keywords
    laser frequency stability; light polarisation; microchip lasers; microwave photonics; optical phase locked loops; digital phase-locked loop; dual-polarization microlaser; frequency 40 GHz; frequency sweeping; photonic synthesizer; relative frequency stability; two-frequency microchip laser; Masers; Microchip lasers; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Phase locked loops; Voltage-controlled oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7824-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2010.5664186
  • Filename
    5664186