Low-noise microwave generation based on optical-microwave synchronization

Wang Kai; Lin Bai-Ke; Song You-Jian; Meng Fei; Lin Yi-Ge; Cao Shi-Ying; Hu Ming-Lie; Fang Zhan-Jun

doi:10.7498/aps.71.20211253

Abstract

Low-noise microwave signals are of vital importance in fields such as cold atomic optical clocks, photon radars, and remote synchronization at large facilities. Here, we report a compact all-optical-fiber method to generate a low noise microwave signal, in which the fiber loop optical-microwave phase detector is used to coherently transfer the frequency stability of the ultra-stable laser to the microwave. Combining a narrow linewidth optical frequency comb and a fiber loop optical-microwave phase discriminator, a tight phase-lock between 7 GHz dielectric oscillator and optical frequency comb is achieved, the remaining phase noise of the synchronized optical pulse sequence and the microwave signal is –100 dBc/Hz@1 Hz, and the timing jitter is 8.6 fs (1 Hz—1.5 MHz); by building two sets of low-noise microwave generation systems, the measured residual phase noise of the 7 GHz microwave is –90 dBc/Hz@1 Hz, and the corresponding frequency stability is 4.8 × 10^–15@1 s. These results provide a novel idea for generating the low-noise microwaves based on optical coherent frequency division.

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Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Technology of the Ministry of Education, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Laboratory of Optical Frequency Standard, Time and Frequency Metrology Division, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100029, China

Corresponding author: Lin Bai-Ke, linbk@nim.ac.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grand No. 2017YFA0304404)

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图 1 FLOM-PD原理图. 其中, Circulator为保偏光纤环形器, PM EOM为保偏光纤电光调制器, QWP为1/4波片, FR为法拉第旋光镜, HWP为1/2波片, 3 dB coupler为2 × 2的3 dB保偏光纤耦合器, BPD为平衡光电探测器

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of FLOM-PD. Circulator represents polarization-maintaining fiber circulator; PM EOM represents polarization-maintainingelectro-optic modulator; QWP represents quarter-wave plates; FR represents faraday rotators; HWP represents half-wave plate; 3 dB coupler represents 2 × 2 3 dB polarization-maintaining fiber coupler; BPD represents balanced photodetector.

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图 2 窄线宽光学频率梳原理图　(a)超稳激光系统; (b)飞秒光学频率梳. 其中, CW laser为连续激光, PID为比例-积分-微分控制器, PD为光电探测器, AOM为声光调制器, PZT为压电位移器

Figure 2. Schematic diagram ofnarrowlinewidth optical frequency comb: (a) Ultra-stable laser system; (b) optical frequency comb. CW laser represents continuous-wave laser, PID represents proportional-integral-differentialcontroller, PD represents photodetector, AOM represents acousto-optical modulator, PZT represents piezoelectric transducer.

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图 3 基于FLOM-PD和光学频率梳的光学-微波同步方案　(a) 光学-微波同步装置; (b)环外相位噪声测量装置. 其中, EDFA为掺铒光纤放大器, PBS为偏振光束分束器, Coupler为保偏光纤耦合器, Circulator为保偏光纤环形器, VOA为可调光学衰减器, BPD为平衡光电探测器, PIC为比例积分控制器, DRO为介质振荡器, Power divider为微波功率分配器, FFT为快速傅里叶变换分析仪

Figure 3. Optical-microwave synchronization scheme based on FLOM-PD and optical frequency comb. (a) Optical-microwave synchronization setup; (b) out-of-loop phase noise measurement setup. EDFA represents erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, PBS represents polarization beam splitter, Coupler represents polarization-maintaining fiber coupler, Circulator represents polarization-maintainingfiber circulator, VOA represents variable optical attenuators, BPD represents balanced photodetector, PIC represents proportional-integral controller, DRO represents dielectric resonator oscillator, Power divider represents microwave power divider, FFT represents fast Fourier transform analyzer.

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图 4 微波性能表征方案. 其中, CW Laser为连续激光, DRO为介质振荡器, PIC为比例积分控制器, LPF为低通滤波器, LNA为低噪声放大器.

Figure 4. Microwave performance characterization setup. CW laser represents continuous-wave laser, DRO represents dielectric resonator oscillator, PIC represents proportional-integral controller, LPF represents lowpass filter, LNA represents low noise amplifier.

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图 5 FLOM-PD及锁相系统的噪声测量方案.其中, CW Laser为连续激光, DRO为介质振荡器, PIC为比例积分控制器, LPF为低通滤波器, Phase shifter为微波相移器

Figure 5. Phase noise characterization setup of FLOM-PDandphase-lock system. CW laser represents continuous-wave laser, DRO represents dielectric resonator oscillator, PIC represents proportional-integral controller, LPF represents lowpass filter, Phase shifter represents microwave phase shifter.

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图 6 相位噪声和定时抖动测量结果　(a)相位噪声; (b)定时抖动

Figure 6. Phase noise and timing jitter measurement results: (a) Phase noise; (b) RMS time jitter.

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图 7 信号频率为7 GHz的抖动与频率稳定度　(a)频率抖动; (b)频率稳定度

Figure 7. Frequency jitter and Allan deviation of 7 GHz microwave: (a) Frequency jitter; (b) frequency stability.

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图 8 7 GHz载波的单边带相位噪声

Figure 8. SSB Phase noise of 7 GHz carrier.

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