• DocumentCode
    689072
  • Title

    Reduction of timing jitter to the sub-20-attosecond regime in free-running femtosecond mode-locked fiber lasers

  • Author

    Hyoji Kim ; Peng Qin ; Junho Shin ; Youjian Song ; Chur Kim ; Kwangyun Jung ; Chingyue Wang ; Jungwon Kim

  • Author_Institution
    Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate 18-attosecond timing jitter [10 kHz-94 MHz] pulse trains from 188MHz mode-locked Yb-fiber lasers. This is the lowest timing jitter from free-running fiber lasers, comparable to the performance of lowest-jitter Ti:sapphire lasers.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; timing jitter; ytterbium; Yb; free-running femtosecond mode-locked ytterbium-fiber lasers; frequency 10 kHz to 94 MHz; frequency 188 MHz; subattosecond timing jitter reduction; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber dispersion; Timing jitter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833453