Photonic generation of RF and microwave signal with relative frequency instability of 10-15

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/27/3/030601

Abstract

We demonstrate the ultra-stable frequency sources aiming to improve the short-time instability of primary frequency standards. These sources are realized by using photonic generation approach, and composed of ultra-stable lasers, optical-frequency-combs, optical signal detecting parts, and synthesizers. Preliminary evaluation shows that the sources produce fixed-frequency at 9.54(/9.63) GHz, 10 MHz, and tunable-frequency around 9.192 GHz with relative frequency instability of 10^-15 for short terms.

Keywords: ultra-stable laser optical frequency comb photonic microwave generation

Received: 06 November 2017
Revised: 26 December 2017
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PACS:	06.30.Ft	(Time and frequency)
	07.57.-c	(Infrared, submillimeter wave, microwave and radiowave instruments and equipment)
	42.62.Eh	(Metrological applications; optical frequency synthesizers for precision spectroscopy)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91536217, 61127901, and 11775253) and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. 2015334).

Corresponding Authors: Hai-Feng Jiang
E-mail: haifeng.jiang@ntsc.ac.cn

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Lu-Lu Yan(闫露露), Wen-Yu Zhao(赵文宇), Yan-Yan Zhang(张颜艳), Zhao-Yang Tai(邰朝阳), Pan Zhang(张攀), Bing-Jie Rao(饶冰洁), Kai Ning(宁凯), Xiao-Fei Zhang(张晓斐), Wen-Ge Guo(郭文阁), Shou-Gang Zhang(张首刚), Hai-Feng Jiang(姜海峰) Photonic generation of RF and microwave signal with relative frequency instability of 10^-15 2018 Chin. Phys. B 27 030601

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