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Extremely low noise microwave signals synthesized from stable CW lasers with femtosecond laser frequency combs

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Author(s)

A Bartels, Scott A. Diddams, Christopher W. Oates, G Wilpers, Windell Oskay, James C. Bergquist, Leo W. Hollberg

Abstract

A femtosecond laser frequency comb transfers the low phase and frequency noise of a cavity-stabilized CW laser to the microwave domain. Phase noise of -115 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz offset from the 1 GHz carrier is achieved.
Proceedings Title
CLEO, Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics Proc.
Conference Dates
May 16-21, 2004
Conference Location
Baltimore, MD

Citation

Bartels, A. , Diddams, S. , Oates, C. , Wilpers, G. , Oskay, W. , Bergquist, J. and Hollberg, L. (2004), Extremely low noise microwave signals synthesized from stable CW lasers with femtosecond laser frequency combs, CLEO, Conf. Lasers and Electro-Optics Proc., Baltimore, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50120 (Accessed November 11, 2024)

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Created May 17, 2004, Updated February 19, 2017