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L(f) dBc/Hz<br />

-40<br />

-60<br />

-80<br />

-100<br />

-120<br />

-140<br />

-160<br />

10 0<br />

Low phase-noise microwaves, 10 GHz<br />

atoms<br />

Cavity kT<br />

State of the art sapphire oscillator<br />

10 1<br />

10 2<br />

Optical Frequency<br />

Divider<br />

10 3<br />

Frequency (Hz)<br />

Opt. Divider Data from Hollberg et al. proceeds IEEE MWP meeting Oct. 04<br />

J. McFerran et al. Elect. Letter 2005<br />

Hg+ optical cavity<br />

State of the art microwave synthesizer<br />

10 4<br />

Photo detected shot-noise<br />

10 5<br />

10 6

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