High-Q optical resonators: Characterization and application to stabilization of lasers and high spectral purity microwave oscillators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7579, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Llopis, O ^a,b   Merrer, P H ^a,b   Bouchier, A ^a,b   Saleh, K ^a,b   Cibiel, G ^c  

^a LAAS CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Microwave oscillator; Optical fiber; Optical resonator; Phase noise; WGM resonator

Indexed keywords

1550 NM; FIBER RINGS; FREQUENCY GENERATION; FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS; HIGH SPECTRAL PURITY; LASER STABILIZATION; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MICROWAVE-OPTICAL SYSTEMS; NOISE OPTIMIZATION; OPTICAL RESONANCE; OPTO-ELECTRONIC OSCILLATOR; Q-FACTORS; RESONATOR DESIGN; SYSTEM DESIGN; ULTRA-HIGH; WGM RESONATOR;

FIBERS; LASER RESONATORS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHASE NOISE; QUANTUM OPTICS; RESONANCE; STABILIZATION;

MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS;

EID: 77951800782     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.847164     Document Type: Conference Paper

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