Ultralow phase noise microwave generation with an Er: Fiber-based optical frequency divider

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3260-3262

  Quinlan, Franklyn ^a   Fortier, Tara M ^a   Kirchner, Matthew S ^a   Taylor, Jennifer A ^a   Thorpe, Michael J ^a   Lemke, Nathan ^a   Ludlow, Andrew D ^a   Jiang, Yanyi ^a   Diddams, Scott A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE PHASE; MICROWAVE SIGNALS; MODE-LOCKED LASER; OFFSET FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY REFERENCES; REPETITION RATE; RESIDUAL NOISE;

ERBIUM; FREQUENCY DIVIDING CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHASE NOISE;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 80051774116     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.003260     Document Type: Article

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