Ultralow noise microwave generation with fiber-based optical frequency comb and application to atomic fountain clock

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Millo, J ^a   Abgrall, M ^a   Lours, M ^a   English, E M L ^a   Jiang, H ^a   Guna J ^a   Clairon, A ^a   Tobar, M E ^b   Bize, S ^a   Le Coq, Y ^a   Santarelli, G ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A STABILITIES; ATOMIC FOUNTAIN CLOCKS; CESIUM FOUNTAINS; CRYOGENIC SAPPHIRE OSCILLATORS; FEMTO-SECOND LASERS; FIBER SYSTEMS; LOW NOISE; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; RAMSEY SPECTROSCOPIES; REFERENCE SIGNALS;

ATOMIC CLOCKS; CESIUM; COMBINED SEWERS; CORUNDUM; FOUNTAINS; MICROWAVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SAPPHIRE; TEXTILE FIBERS; TITANIUM;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 64349120430     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3112574     Document Type: Article

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