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Title: High-precision millimeter-wave frequency determination through plasmonic photomixing

Abstract

We present a technique for high-precision millimeter-wave frequency determination through plasmonic photomixing. Our technique utilizes a plasmonic photomixer pumped by an optical frequency comb with a high-stability millimeter-wave beat frequency. The plasmonic photomixer down-converts the millimeter-wave signal to the radio frequency regime at which high-accuracy frequency counters are available. The precision of this technique is determined by the frequency stability of the optical beat frequency, which can be directly characterized in the presented experimental setup. We demonstrate frequency measurement precision as low as 3.9×10-10 at 95 GHz through plasmonic photomixing without phase-locking the optical frequency comb.

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Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR)
OSTI Identifier:
1646720
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1803098; OSTI ID: 2001463
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0016925; N000141912052
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Optics Express
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Volume: 28 Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
Publisher:
Optical Society of America
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Optics

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Wang, Ning, and Jarrahi, Mona. High-precision millimeter-wave frequency determination through plasmonic photomixing. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1364/OE.400806.
Wang, Ning, & Jarrahi, Mona. High-precision millimeter-wave frequency determination through plasmonic photomixing. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.400806
Wang, Ning, and Jarrahi, Mona. Fri . "High-precision millimeter-wave frequency determination through plasmonic photomixing". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.400806.
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abstractNote = {We present a technique for high-precision millimeter-wave frequency determination through plasmonic photomixing. Our technique utilizes a plasmonic photomixer pumped by an optical frequency comb with a high-stability millimeter-wave beat frequency. The plasmonic photomixer down-converts the millimeter-wave signal to the radio frequency regime at which high-accuracy frequency counters are available. The precision of this technique is determined by the frequency stability of the optical beat frequency, which can be directly characterized in the presented experimental setup. We demonstrate frequency measurement precision as low as 3.9×10-10 at 95 GHz through plasmonic photomixing without phase-locking the optical frequency comb.},
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year = {Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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