Optique

Dual-Frequency Laser at 1.5 µm for the Generation of High-Purity Microwave Signals

Published on - Journal of Lightwave Technology

Authors: Grégoire Pillet, Loïc Morvan, Marc Brunel, Fabien Bretenaker, Daniel Dolfi, Marc Vallet, Jean-Pierre Huignard, Albert Le Floch

We describe the stabilization of a dual-frequency laser on an external reference and on fiber delay lines. Low phase noise (-107 dBrad²/Hz at 10 kHz) beatnotes tunable from 2 to 6 GHz are demonstrated.