10 papers
Redefining the limits of real-time noise cancellation in optical fiber links
Charles A. McLemore, Marco Pomponio, Takuma Nakamura +4
A broad and growing array of applications rely on the faithful transmission of ultrastable optical signals over noisy paths, requiring cancellation of environmentally induced noise…
Fiber Link Stabilization with a Multicore Fiber Amplifier
Yifan Liu, Takuma Nakamura, Daniel J. Elson +7
We study the use of separate cores of a multicore erbium-doped fiber amplifier (MC-EDFA) in a noise-canceled link for ultrastable optical frequency transfer. We demonstrate fractio…
Ultralow noise microwaves with free-running frequency combs and electrical feedforward
Takuma Nakamura, William Groman, Qing-Xin Ji +11
Optically generated microwave signals exhibit some of the lowest phase noise and timing jitter of any microwave-generating technology to date. The success of octave-spanning optica…
Sub-femtosecond stabilization of multicore fiber for high-fidelity quantum networking at 100% duty cycle
Takuma Nakamura, Nazanin Hoghooghi, Nicolas Fontaine +8
Originally envisioned as a solution for the capacity crunch in telecommunications networks, multicore fibers (MCF) are contributing to scientific fields beyond telecom, such as sen…
From ultra-noisy to ultra-stable: optimization of the optoelectronic laser lock
Takuma Nakamura, Yifan Liu, Naijun Jin +5
We demonstrate thermal-noise-limited direct locking of a semiconductor distributed feedback (DFB) laser to a sub-1 mL volume, ultrastable optical cavity, enabling extremely compact…
Cryogenic photonic link using an extended-InGaAs photodiode and short pulse illumination towards high-fidelity drive of superconducting qubits
Takuma Nakamura, Dahyeon Lee, Jason Horng +3
We investigate short pulse illumination of a high-speed extended-InGaAs photodiode at cryogenic temperatures towards its use in control and readout of superconducting qubits. First…