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Extremely low noise microwave signals synthesized from stable CW lasers with femtosecond laser frequency combs
Published
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.
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 October 23, 2025)