Linewidth of the harmonics in a microwave frequency comb generated by focusing a mode-locked ultrafast laser on a tunneling junction

Hagmann, Mark J.; Stenger, Frank S.; Yarotski, Dmitry A.

doi:10.1063/1.4831952

Title: Linewidth of the harmonics in a microwave frequency comb generated by focusing a mode-locked ultrafast laser on a tunneling junction

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Previous analyses suggest that microwave frequency combs (MFCs) with harmonics having extremely narrow linewidths could be produced by photodetection with a mode-locked ultrafast laser. In the MFC generated by focusing a passively mode-locked ultrafast laser on a tunneling junction, 200 harmonics from 74.254 MHz to 14.85 GHz have reproducible measured linewidths approximating the 1 Hz resolution bandwidth (RBW) of the spectrum analyzer. However, in new measurements at a RBW of 0.1 Hz, the linewidths are distributed from 0.12 to 1.17 Hz. Measurements and analysis suggest that, because the laser is not stabilized, the stochastic drift in the pulse repetition rate is the cause for the distribution in measured linewidths. It appears that there are three cases in which the RBW is (1) greater than, (2) less than, or (3) comparable with the intrinsic linewidth. The measured spectra in the third class are stochastic and may show two or more peaks at a single harmonic.

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Hagmann, Mark J. ^[1]; Stenger, Frank S. ^[2]; Yarotski, Dmitry A. ^[3]

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 (United States)
School of Computing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 (United States)
Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, Materials Physics and Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

Publication Date:: Sat Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2013

OSTI Identifier:: 22266133

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Applied Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 22; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; APPROXIMATIONS; CONNECTORS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; HARMONICS; LASERS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS; TUNNEL EFFECT

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                    Hagmann, Mark J., Stenger, Frank S., and Yarotski, Dmitry A. Linewidth of the harmonics in a microwave frequency comb generated by focusing a mode-locked ultrafast laser on a tunneling junction.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Hagmann, Mark J., Stenger, Frank S., & Yarotski, Dmitry A. Linewidth of the harmonics in a microwave frequency comb generated by focusing a mode-locked ultrafast laser on a tunneling junction.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4831952

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                    Hagmann, Mark J., Stenger, Frank S., and Yarotski, Dmitry A. 2013.  
        "Linewidth of the harmonics in a microwave frequency comb generated by focusing a mode-locked ultrafast laser on a tunneling junction".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4831952.

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@article{osti_22266133,

  title        = {Linewidth of the harmonics in a microwave frequency comb generated by focusing a mode-locked ultrafast laser on a tunneling junction},

  author       = {Hagmann, Mark J. and Stenger, Frank S. and Yarotski, Dmitry A.},

  abstractNote = {Previous analyses suggest that microwave frequency combs (MFCs) with harmonics having extremely narrow linewidths could be produced by photodetection with a mode-locked ultrafast laser. In the MFC generated by focusing a passively mode-locked ultrafast laser on a tunneling junction, 200 harmonics from 74.254 MHz to 14.85 GHz have reproducible measured linewidths approximating the 1 Hz resolution bandwidth (RBW) of the spectrum analyzer. However, in new measurements at a RBW of 0.1 Hz, the linewidths are distributed from 0.12 to 1.17 Hz. Measurements and analysis suggest that, because the laser is not stabilized, the stochastic drift in the pulse repetition rate is the cause for the distribution in measured linewidths. It appears that there are three cases in which the RBW is (1) greater than, (2) less than, or (3) comparable with the intrinsic linewidth. The measured spectra in the third class are stochastic and may show two or more peaks at a single harmonic.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4831952},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22266133},
  journal      = {Journal of Applied Physics},

  issn         = {0021-8979},

  number       = 22,

  volume       = 114,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2013},

  month        = {Sat Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2013}

}

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