Title :
Ultra-low jitter modelocking of Er-fibre laser at 10 GHz and its application in photonic sampling for analogue-to-digital conversion
Author :
Ng, W. ; Stephens, R. ; Persechini, D. ; Reddy, K.V.
Author_Institution :
HRL Labs., LLC, Malibu, CA, USA
fDate :
1/18/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The 10 GHz modelocking of a fibre laser with timing jitters as low as 16 fs (Δf=100 Hz-100 kHz) and amplitude jitters of 0.058% is reported. From the spur-free-dynamic-range (SFDR) measured for a signal (at 2.49 GHz) sampled with the modelocked pulse train, we estimate an analogue-to-digital conversion resolution of 8 SFDR bits at 10 Gsample/s
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; signal sampling; timing jitter; 10 GHz; Er-fibre laser; amplitude jitters; analogue-to-digital conversion; analogue-to-digital conversion resolution; modelocked pulse train; photonic sampling; spur-free-dynamic-range; timing jitters; ultra-low jitter modelocking;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010066
