Ultra-low phase noise all-optical microwave generation setup based on commercial devices
Abstract
In this paper, we present a very simple design based on commercial devices for the all-optical generation of ultra-low phase noise microwave signals. A commercial, fibered femtosecond laser is locked to a laser that is stabilized to a commercial ULE Fabry-Perot cavity. The 10 GHz microwave signal extracted from the femtosecond laser output exhibits a single sideband phase noise at 1 Hz Fourier frequency, at the level of the best value obtained with such "microwave photonics" laboratory experiments \cite{Fortier2011}. Close-to-the-carrier ultra-low phase noise microwave signals will now be available in laboratories outside the frequency metrology field, opening up new possibilities in various domains.
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@article{arxiv.1503.06038,
title = {Ultra-low phase noise all-optical microwave generation setup based on commercial devices},
author = {A. Didier and J. Millo and S. Grop and B. Dubois and E. Bigler and E. Rubiola and C. Lacroûte and Y. Kersalé},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.06038},
year = {2015}
}
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8 pages, 3 figures. To be published in Applied Optics, early posting version available at http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/upcoming_pdf.cfm?id=231146