Transfer Oscillator Technique for 10 GHz Generation with Ultra-Low Phase Noise < -100 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz offset
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Nardelli, Nicholas V.; Fortier, Tara M.; Pomponio, Marco; Baumann, Esther; Nelson, Craig; Schibli, Thomas R.; Hati, Archita
- Source
- 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2021 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2021
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Phase noise
Laser noise
Lasers and electrooptics
Microwave theory and techniques
Optical harmonic generation
Microwave oscillators
Optical noise
- Language
We generate 10 GHz microwave signals from an optical reference cavity using the transfer oscillator scheme with a free-running optical frequency comb. We demonstrate phase noise < -100 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz frequency offset from the carrier.