• DocumentCode
    2899058
  • Title

    Nearly quantum noise limited timing jitter from miniature Er:Yb:glass lasers

  • Author

    Schlatter, A. ; Rudin, B. ; Zeller, S.C. ; Paschotta, R. ; Spuhler, G.J. ; Krainer, L. ; Keller, U. ; Haverkamp, N. ; Telle, H.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Firstpage
    357
  • Abstract
    We have measured the relative timing jitter of two passively mode-locked 10-GHz Er:Yb:glass lasers to be 190 fs (100 Hz-1.56 MHz) in free-running and 26 fs (6 Hz-1.56 MHz) in synchronized operation.
  • Keywords
    erbium; laser mode locking; quantum noise; solid lasers; timing jitter; ytterbium; 10 GHz; 100 Hz to 1.56 MHz; 190 fs; 26 fs; 6 Hz to 1.56 MHz; passively mode-locked Er:Yb:glass lasers; quantum noise; synchronized laser operation; timing jitter; Fiber lasers; Fluctuations; Frequency synchronization; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Laser theory; Noise measurement; Phase measurement; Phase noise; Timing jitter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8974-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568138
  • Filename
    1568138