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Abstract:
A fully fibered microwave-optical source at 1.5 µm is studied experimentally. It is shown that the beat note between two orthogonally polarized modes of a distributed-feedback fiber laser can be efficiently stabilized using an optical phase-locked loop. The pump-power-induced birefringence serves as the actuator. Beat notes at 1 GHz and 10 GHz are successfully stabilized to a reference synthesizer, passing from the 3 kHz free-running linewidth to a stabilized sub-Hz linewidth, with a phase noise as low as -75 dBc/Hz at 100 Hz offset from the carrier. Such dual-frequency stabilized lasers could provide compact integrated components for RF and microwave photonics applications.
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