Title :
One-femtosecond, long-term stable remote laser synchronization over a 3.5-km fiber link
Author :
Ming Xin ; Safak, Kemal ; Peng, Michael Y. ; Callahan, Patrick T. ; Kartner, Franz X.
Author_Institution :
Center for Free-Electron Laser Sci., Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
Long-term stable remote laser synchronization over a 3.5 km long polarization maintaining fiber link is demonstrated. The residual rms-timing jitter and drift over 36-hour operation is 0.96 fs integrated from 100 μHz to 1 MHz.
Keywords :
free electron lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre communication; synchronisation; timing jitter; FEL; distance 3.5 km; drift; free electron laser; one-femtosecond long-term stable remote laser synchronization; polarization-maintaining fiber link; residual rms-timing jitter; time 0.96 fs; time 36 hour; Fiber lasers; Free electron lasers; Jitter; Laser stability; Measurement by laser beam; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
