Title :
An ultra low jitter pulse source based on coupled optoelectronic oscillators with an intracavity fiber parametric amplifier
Author :
Shumakher, E. ; Dahan, D. ; Eisenstein, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
We present a low noise self starting optical pulse source composed of coupled optoelectronic oscillators and an intracavity fiber parametric amplifier. Three picosecond pulses at 10 GHz with a jitter of 29-40 fs are demonstrated.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser noise; optical fibre amplifiers; optical parametric amplifiers; optical pulse generation; timing jitter; 10 GHz; 29 to 40 fs; 3 ps; coupled optoelectronic oscillators; intracavity fiber parametric amplifier; low noise pulse source; self starting pulse source; ultralow jitter pulse source; Injection-locked oscillators; Jitter; Laser mode locking; Microwave oscillators; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202272
