activity
20102014
most citedUltra-low-phase-noise cryocooled microwave dielectric-sapphire-resonator oscillators with 1 x 10^-16 frequency instability

88 citations · 207 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

8 papers

quant-ph2014★ 5 cited

Hyperparametric effects in a whispering-gallery mode rutile dielectric resonator at liquid helium temperatures

Nitin R. Nand, Maxim Goryachev, Jean-Michel Le Floch +2

We report the first observation of low power drive level sensitivity, hyperparametric amplification, and single-mode hyperparametric oscillations in a dielectric rutile whispering-…

physics.ins-det2013★ 16 cited

Resonator Power to Frequency Conversion in a Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillator

Nitin R. Nand, Stephen R. Parker, Eugene N. Ivanov +3

We report on the measurement and characterization of power to frequency conversion in the resonant mode of a cryogenic sapphire loaded cavity resonator, which is used as the freque…

physics.ins-det2013

Comparison of ultra-stable radio frequency signals synthesized from independent secondary microwave frequency standards

John G. Hartnett, Stephen R. Parker, Eugene N. Ivanov +3

The phase noise and frequency stability measurements of 1 GHz, 100 MHz, and 10 MHz signals are presented which have been synthesized from microwave cryogenic sapphire oscillators u…

physics.ins-det2012★ 88 cited

Ultra-low-phase-noise cryocooled microwave dielectric-sapphire-resonator oscillators with 1 x 10^-16 frequency instability

John G. Hartnett, Nitin R. Nand, Chuan Lu

Two nominally identical ultra-stable cryogenic microwave oscillators are compared. Each incorporates a dielectric-sapphire resonator cooled to near 6 K in an ultra-low vibration cr…

astro-ph.IM2011★ 42 cited

Adapting a Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillator for Very Long Baseline Interferometry

Sheperd Doeleman, Tao Mai, Alan Rogers +3

Extension of very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) to observing wavelengths shorter than 1.3mm provides exceptional angular resolution (~20 micro arcsec) and access to new spect…

physics.ins-det2011

Ultra stable and very low noise signal source using a cryocooled sapphire oscillator for VLBI

Nitin R. Nand, John G. Hartnett, Eugene N. Ivanov +1

Here we present the design and implementation of a novel frequency synthesizer based on low phase noise digital dividers and a direct digital synthesizer. The synthesis produces tw…

physics.ins-det2010★ 26 cited

Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillator using a low-vibration design pulse-tube cryocooler: First results

John G. Hartnett, Nitin R. Nand, Chao Wang +1

A Cryogenic Sapphire Oscillator has been implemented at 11.2 GHz using a low-vibration design pulse-tube cryocooler. Compared with a state-of-the-art liquid helium cooled CSO in th…

physics.ins-det2010★ 30 cited

Ultra-low vibration pulse-tube cryocooler stabilized cryogenic sapphire oscillator with 10^-16 fractional frequency stability

John G. Hartnett, Nitin R. Nand

A low maintenance long-term operational cryogenic sapphire oscillator has been implemented at 11.2 GHz using an ultra-low-vibration cryostat and pulse-tube cryocooler. It is curren…