- Sun, Shuman;
- Wang, Beichen;
- Liu, Kaikai;
- Harrington, Mark;
- Tabatabaei, Fatemehsadat;
- Liu, Ruxuan;
- Wang, Jiawei;
- Hanifi, Samin;
- Morgan, Jesse;
- Jahanbozorgi, Mandana;
- Yang, Zijiao;
- Bowers, Steven;
- Morton, Paul;
- Nelson, Karl;
- Beling, Andreas;
- Yi, Xu;
- Blumenthal, Dan
The generation of ultra-low-noise microwave and mmWave in miniaturized, chip-based platforms can transform communication, radar and sensing systems1-3. Optical frequency division that leverages optical references and optical frequency combs has emerged as a powerful technique to generate microwaves with superior spectral purity than any other approaches4-7. Here we demonstrate a miniaturized optical frequency division system that can potentially transfer the approach to a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor-compatible integrated photonic platform. Phase stability is provided by a large mode volume, planar-waveguide-based optical reference coil cavity8,9 and is divided down from optical to mmWave frequency by using soliton microcombs generated in a waveguide-coupled microresonator10-12. Besides achieving record-low phase noise for integrated photonic mmWave oscillators, these devices can be heterogeneously integrated with semiconductor lasers, amplifiers and photodiodes, holding the potential of large-volume, low-cost manufacturing for fundamental and mass-market applications13.