High-Spectral Purity RF Beat Note Generated by a Two-Frequency Solid-State Laser in a Dual Thermooptic and Electrooptic Phase-Locked Loop

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 870-872

  Brunel, M ^a   Bretenaker, F ^a,b   Blanc, S ^c   Crozatier, V ^b,c   Brisset, J ^c,d   Merlet, T ^c   Poezevara, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c THALES   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Laser noise; Microwave generation; Optical phase locked loops; Two frequency lasers

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHOTONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STABILITY;

LASER NOISE; TWO-FREQUENCY LASERS;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 1642602729     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.823757     Document Type: Article

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