Title :
Extremely low noise microwave signals synthesized from stable CW lasers with femtosecond laser frequency combs
Author :
Bartels, A. ; Diddams, S.A. ; Oates, C.W. ; Wilpers, G. ; Oskay, W.H. ; Bergquist, J. ; Hollberg, L.
Abstract :
A femtosecond laser frequency comb transfers the low phase and frequency noise of a cavity-stabilized CW laser to the nucrowave domam Phase noise of -115 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz offset from the1 GHz camer IS aclueved
Keywords :
Frequency synthesizers; Laser noise; Laser stability; Masers; Microwave oscillators; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Phase noise; Signal synthesis; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6