Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 2, 021406(2022)

All-fiber-based photonic microwave generation with 10−15 frequency instability

Yifei Duan1,2, Yafeng Huang1,2, Yanli Li1,2, Yating Wang1,2, Meifeng Ye1, Ming Li3, Yinnan Chen1,2, Jiaqi Zhou4, Lingke Wang1、**, Liang Liu1, and Tang Li1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
  • 4Shanghai Key Laboratory of Solid-State Laser and Application, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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    Yifei Duan, Yafeng Huang, Yanli Li, Yating Wang, Meifeng Ye, Ming Li, Yinnan Chen, Jiaqi Zhou, Lingke Wang, Liang Liu, Tang Li, "All-fiber-based photonic microwave generation with 10−15 frequency instability," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 021406 (2022)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

    Received: Oct. 9, 2021

    Accepted: Nov. 18, 2021

    Published Online: Dec. 16, 2021

    The Author Email: Lingke Wang (lkwang@siom.ac.cn), Tang Li (litang@siom.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.021406

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