DocumentCode
2819054
Title
Sub-10 femtosecond timing jitter of a 10-GHz harmonically mode-locked fiber laser
Author
Clark, T.R. ; Carruthers, T.F. ; Duling, I.N., III ; Matthews, P.J.
Author_Institution
Opt. Sci. Div., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Volume
Supplement
fYear
1999
fDate
21-26 Feb. 1999
Abstract
We present the lowest measurements of timing jitter, to our knowledge, of a harmonically mode-locked fiber laser. Phase detection noise measurements demonstrate a timing jitter of less than 10 fs from 100 Hz to 1 MHz.
Keywords
fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; laser noise; laser variables measurement; noise measurement; optical communication equipment; optical fibre testing; timing jitter; 10 fs; GHz harmonically mode-locked fiber laser; fibre laser timing jitter measurements; phase detection noise measurements; sub-10 femtosecond timing jitter; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser stability; Masers; Optical pulse compression; Optical solitons; Synthesizers; Timing jitter; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-582-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.1999.766057
Filename
766057
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