Title :
Shot noise correlations in the detection of ultrashort optical pulses
Author :
Quinlan, F. ; Fortier, T.M. ; Jiang, H. ; Hati, A. ; Nelson, C. ; Fu, Y. ; Campbell, J. ; Diddams, S.A.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
The time-varying nature of optical pulses produces correlations in the photocurrent shot noise spectrum. These correlations are exploited to produce a phase noise floor of -177 dBc/Hz on a 10 GHz photonically generated microwave signal.
Keywords :
laser noise; microwave generation; microwave photonics; optical correlation; optical pulse generation; phase noise; photoconductivity; shot noise; frequency 10 GHz; phase noise floor; photocurrent shot noise spectrum; photonically generated microwave signal; shot noise correlations; time-varying nature; ultrashort optical pulses; Microwave measurements; Microwave photonics; Optical pulses; Phase noise; Photoconductivity; microwave photonics; phase noise; shot noise; ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358465
