Compact and ultrastable photonic microwave oscillator

M Giunta, J Yu, M Lessing, M Fischer, M Lezius, X Xie… - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Frequency comb synthesized microwaves have been so far realized with tabletop systems,
operated in well-controlled environments. Here, we demonstrate state-of-the-art ultrastable …

A 2–20-GHz ultralow phase noise signal source using a microwave oscillator locked to a mode-locked laser

M Bahmanian, JC Scheytt - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we develop the theory of a special type of optoelectronic phase-locked loop
(PLL). The output signal of this type of PLL is in the electrical domain and its reference …

20 years and 20 decimal digits: a journey with optical frequency combs

M Giunta, M Fischer, W Hänsel… - IEEE Photonics …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Precision measurements represent a cornerstone in fundamental science. The capability of
observing and quantifying subtle phenomena and events allows new discoveries and it …

Real-time phase tracking for wide-band optical frequency measurements at the 20th decimal place

M Giunta, W Hänsel, M Fischer, M Lezius, T Udem… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Optical frequency measurements are among the most precise tools available to science.
With the rapid advances in optical clocks now achieving a low 10− 17 stability at 1 s and …

A cryogenic sapphire resonator oscillator with 10− 16 mid-term fractional frequency stability

C Fluhr, B Dubois, CE Calosso, F Vernotte… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We report in this Letter the outstanding frequency stability performance of an autonomous
cryogenic sapphire oscillator (CSO) presenting a flicker frequency noise floor below 2× 10 …

Noise processes and nonlinear mechanisms in optoelectronic phase-locked loop using a balanced optical microwave phase detector

M Bahmanian, JC Scheytt - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article analyses the effect of noise and nonlinearity in optoelectronic phase-locked
loops (OEPLLs). The OEPLL phase-locks a microwave oscillator on the envelope of the …

Characterization of the optical-gain enhanced microwave-Q for a 20.97 GHz regeneratively mode-locked laser with a short ring-length

W Ng - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
By treating a regeneratively mode-locked laser with a short ring length of 5.85 m as a
coupled optoelectronic (OE) RF oscillator, the microwave quality factor (Q _ RF) of its ring …

Locking of microwave oscillators on the interharmonics of mode-locked laser signals

M Bahmanian, C Kress, JC Scheytt - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, the theory of phase-locking of a microwave oscillator on the interharmonics, ie
non-integer harmonics, of the repetition rate of the optical pulse train of a mode-locked laser …

Methane-Based Photonic Microwave Oscillator With Stability Better Than 10−14 at 1–103 s Averaging Times

A Shelkovnikov, A Kireev, D Tyurikov… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An improved version of the transportable photonic microwave oscillator based on the He–
Ne/CH 4 optical frequency standard (OFS)(=) and the femtosecond Er fiber laser optical-to …

Photonic Microwave Oscillator with Reduced Phase Noise at Small Offsets from the Carrier Frequency

AS Shelkovnikov, AN Kireev, DA Tyurikov… - Bulletin of the Lebedev …, 2023 - Springer
We have developed a transportable laboratory sample of a photonic microwave oscillator
(PMO) based on an optical frequency standard (He–Ne/CH4 laser, λ= 3.39 μm) and an …