Title :
Timing jitter minimization in soliton mode-locked fiber lasers by dispersion engineering
Author :
Chur Kim ; Sangho Bae ; Khanh Kieu ; Jungwon Kim
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Mech., Aerosp. & Syst. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We searched for the minimal timing jitter condition in an all-fiber, soliton, CNT-mode-locked Er-laser by dispersion engineering. The measured lowest timing jitter is 490-attosecond [10-kHz to 39.4-MHz] at -0.02 ps2 intra-cavity dispersion.
Keywords :
carbon nanotubes; erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; minimisation; nanophotonics; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; timing jitter; CNT-mode-locked Er-laser; carbon nanotubes; dispersion engineering; frequency 10 kHz to 39.4 MHz; intracavity dispersion; soliton mode-locked fiber lasers; time 490 as; timing jitter minimization; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
