Chinese Optics, Volume. 18, Issue 3, 661(2025)
Ultralow residual phase noise frequency synthesizer for space gravitational wave detection
A space laser interferometric gravitational wave observatory requires spaceborne clocks with ultralow phase noise in the millihertz frequency band. Such noise can be suppressed using a sideband multiplication transfer scheme and pilot tone techniques. To meet the requirements of the clock noise suppression technique, ultralow residual phase noise synthesizers are required to generate the microwave (2.4 GHz) for electro-optic modulator modulation and the pilot tone signal (75 MHz). To this end, two different structures of microwave chains have been designed, implemented and compared. The application of low phase noise phase-locked dielectric resonator oscillators (PDROs) and frequency division techniques enabled the development of a frequency synthesis chain with ultralow residual phase noise. The residual phase noise of the 75 MHz pilot signal is measured to be
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Lei-gang WANG, En-xue YUN, Xin LUO, Teng-hui YANG, Bi-song WANG, Si-yu SUN, Cheng-yun LI, Jun-liang LIU, Rui-hong GAO, Feng ZHAO, Shou-gang ZHANG. Ultralow residual phase noise frequency synthesizer for space gravitational wave detection[J]. Chinese Optics, 2025, 18(3): 661
Category: Special Column on Space-based Gravitational Wave Detection
Received: Jan. 21, 2025
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Published Online: Jun. 16, 2025
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