| Author(s): |
Tara M. Fortier; Matthew S. Kirchner; Jennifer A. Taylor; James C. Bergquist; Yanyi Jiang; Andrew D. Ludlow; Christopher W. Oates; Till P. Rosenband; Scott A. Diddams; Franklyn J. Quinlan; Nathan D. Lemke; |
| Title: |
Generation of Ultrastable microwaves via optical frequency division |
| Published: |
June 26, 2011 |
| Abstract: |
A frequency-stabilized femtosecond laser optical frequency comb serves as a source of microwave signals having very low close-to-carrier phase noise. Comparison of two independent systems shows combined absolute phase noise of -100 dBc/Hz at an offset of 1 Hz from the 10 GHz carrier. The corresponding timing jitter is 2 fs, integrated from 1 Hz to 1 MHz. |
| Citation: |
Nature Photonics |
| Volume: |
5 |
| Pages: |
pp. 425 - 429 |
| Keywords: |
frequency comb;phase noise;microwave synthesis |
| Research Areas: |
Physics, Time and Frequency |
