40 GHz photonic synthesizer using a dual-polarization microlaser

An optically-carried microwave synthesis working at 40 GHz is demonstrated by using a two-frequency microchip laser inside a digital phase-locked loop. We report a relative frequency stability better than 2.5!10!11. Different frequency sweeping formats are programmed.

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