It is shown that in a spin-torque microwave oscillator based on a magnetic nanocontact, the nature of the microwave spin wave mode generated at the threshold critically depends on the angle between the external bias magnetic field and the plane of the free layer. When the external bias field is rotating from normal to in-plane orientation, an abrupt transition from a propagating cylindrical wav...

Photonic generation of microwave signal is obviously attractive for many prominent advantages, such as large bandwidth, low loss, and immunity to electromagnetic interference. Based on a single integrated silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), we propose and experimentally demonstrate a simple and compact photonic scheme to enable frequency-multiplicated microwave signal. Using the fabricated in...

The design and performance of a continuous wave dual-frequency multifunction lidar system is presented. The system is based on the use of the nonlinear dynamics of an optically injected semiconductor laser. Under proper operating conditions, the laser emits a dual-frequency beam with a broadly tunable microwave separation. The two optical lines are coherently locked to each other using an exter...

We show that the frequency bias caused by distributed cavity phase has a strong dependence on microwave power. We also show that frequency biases associated with microwave leakage have distinct signatures in their dependence on microwave power and the physical location of the leakage interaction with the atom.

Implementing microwave frequency qubits in future quantum networks will require coherent interconversion between single optical and microwave photons. Recent progress towards this goal has been made in cavity optomechanics, where the position of a mesoscopic object modulates the frequency of both microwave and optical cavities [1]. To compliment optomechanics, it may be worth considering altern...

1. Summary Microwave indoor propagation offers a good opportunity for object positioning. The use of the pulse radar method for measuring distances and angles are quite unsuitable for indoor applications. The resolution of this method is too low and there is a minimal distance requirement of the pulse radar measurement that is usually higher than the room size. In this paper the phase method of...

Three distinct techniques exist for distributing an ultrastable frequency reference over optical fibers. For the distribution of a microwave frequency reference, an amplitude-modulated continuous wave (cw) laser can be used. Over kilometer-scale lengths this approach provides an instability at 1 s of approximately 3 x 10(-14) without stabilization of the fiber-induced noise and approximately 1 ...

The measurement of the microwave field is crucial for many developments in microwave technology and related applications. However, measuring microwave fields with high sensitivity and spatial resolution under ambient conditions remains elusive. In this work, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a scheme to measure both the strength and orientation of the microwave magnetic field by utilizi...