Low Noise Photonic Microwave Oscillator Based on a Novel Repetition Rate Stabilization

SummaryWe present a compact and robust 10 GHz photonic microwave oscillator using an integrated nonlinear optical repetition rate stabilization mechanism for achieving a phase-noise level of -100, -125, -145, and < -160 dBc/Hz at 100 Hz, 1 kHz, 10 kHz and > 100 kHz, respectively, with an integrated timing-jitter < 3 fs (30 fs) over a 0.01s (1s) measurement time.