Title :
Sub-femtosecond timing jitter optical pulse trains from mode-locked Er-fiber lasers
Author :
Kim, Tae Keun ; Song, Youjian ; Jung, Kwangyun ; Nam, Chang Hee ; Kim, Jungwon
Author_Institution :
Aerosp. & Syst. Eng., Korea Adv. Institude of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate sub-femtosecond timing jitter optical pulse trains generated from passively mode-locked Er-doped fiber lasers. The measured rms timing jitter is 0.84 fs integrated from 10 kHz to 40.6 MHz (Nyquist frequency).
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; optical variables measurement; timing jitter; Nyquist frequency; frequency 10 MHz to 40.6 MHz; passively mode-locked Er-doped fiber lasers; rms timing jitter measurement; subfemtosecond timing jitter optical pulse train generation; Fiber lasers; Free electron lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
