Suppression of amplitude-to-phase noise conversion in balanced optical-microwave phase detectors

Maurice Lessing; Helen S. Margolis; C. Tom A. Brown; Patrick Gill; Giuseppe Marra

doi:10.1364/OE.21.027057

Suppression of amplitude-to-phase noise conversion in balanced optical-microwave phase detectors

Maurice Lessing, Helen S. Margolis, C. Tom A. Brown, Patrick Gill, Giuseppe Marra^*

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Abstract

We demonstrate an amplitude-to-phase (AM-PM) conversion coefficient for a balanced optical-microwave phase detector (BOM-PD) of 0.001 rad, corresponding to AM-PM induced phase noise 60 dB below the single-sideband relative intensity noise of the laser. This enables us to generate 8 GHz microwave signals from a commercial Er-fibre comb with a single-sideband residual phase noise of -131 dBc Hz(-1) at 1 Hz offset frequency and -148 dBc Hz(-1) at 1 kHz offset frequency. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27057-27062
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	21
Issue number	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.027057
Publication status	Published - 4 Nov 2013

Keywords

Er-fiber lasers
Reduction techniques
Generation
Synchronization
Photodiodes
Division

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