Noise properties of microwave signals synthesized with femtosecond lasers

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 736-745

  Ivanov, Eugene N ^a   McFerran, John J ^a   Diddams, Scott A ^b   Hollberg, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE NOISE; FEMTO-SECOND LASERS; HIGH QUALITIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; LIMITED SENSITIVITIES; MICROWAVE FREQUENCY DIVISIONS; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIZERS; NOISE PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PULSE TRAINS; PHASE FLUCTUATIONS; PROTOTYPE MEASUREMENTS; RELIABLE MEASUREMENTS;

MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES; PHASE NOISE;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASERS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 34248512528     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.307     Document Type: Article

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