title: Ultralow-noise mode-locked laser with coupled optoelectronic oscillator configuration.
abstract: We describe simultaneous generation of ultralow-noise optical pulses and microwave signal with a mode-locked fiber laser in a coupled optoelectronic oscillator configuration. We demonstrate 9.2-GHz optical and microwave signals with the measured phase noise of -140 dBc/Hz at 10-kHz offset frequency. We show that the mode-locked laser in the photonic oscillator serves as a high-Q filter and is responsible for the observed low phase noise.
authors.affiliation: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA. nan.yu@jpl.nasa.gov
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Ertan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salik
authors.forename: Lute
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maleki