Title :
Few-femtosecond jitter microwave signal generation from free-running mode-locked Er-fiber lasers
Author :
Kwangyun Jung ; Junho Shin ; Jungwon Kim
Author_Institution :
Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate 10-GHz microwave signal generation from a free-running mode-locked Er-fiber laser with 3.7 fs (2.6 fs) absolute rms timing jitter integrated from 1 kHz (10 kHz) to 100 MHz offset frequency.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical pulse generation; timing jitter; absolute rms timing jitter; few-femtosecond jitter microwave signal generation; free-running mode-locked Er-fiber lasers; frequency 1 kHz to 100 MHz; frequency 10 GHz; offset frequency; time 2.6 fs; time 3.7 fs; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Masers; Microwave oscillators; Phase noise;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
