Frequency Stable Microwave Sapphire Oscillators

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Main Authors: Ivanov, Eugene N., Tobar, Michael E.
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Published: 2024
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author Ivanov, Eugene N.
Tobar, Michael E.
author_facet Ivanov, Eugene N.
Tobar, Michael E.
contents We show that state-of-the-art phase noise and high frequency stability could be simultaneously achieved in a microwave oscillator based on the sapphire-loaded cavity resonator. The 9 GHz sapphire oscillator was constructed with the SSB phase noise close to -170 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 10 kHz and fractional frequency instability less than 2 10$^{-13}$ for integration times from 5 to 50 s. In this work, we focus on the technique for phase-referencing the microwave sapphire oscillator to a stable radio-frequency source. We also discuss the suppression of the fast phase fluctuations of the microwave signal due to its transmission through the high-Q resonator.
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spellingShingle Frequency Stable Microwave Sapphire Oscillators
Ivanov, Eugene N.
Tobar, Michael E.
Applied Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
We show that state-of-the-art phase noise and high frequency stability could be simultaneously achieved in a microwave oscillator based on the sapphire-loaded cavity resonator. The 9 GHz sapphire oscillator was constructed with the SSB phase noise close to -170 dBc/Hz at an offset frequency of 10 kHz and fractional frequency instability less than 2 10$^{-13}$ for integration times from 5 to 50 s. In this work, we focus on the technique for phase-referencing the microwave sapphire oscillator to a stable radio-frequency source. We also discuss the suppression of the fast phase fluctuations of the microwave signal due to its transmission through the high-Q resonator.
title Frequency Stable Microwave Sapphire Oscillators
topic Applied Physics
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18419