Title :
Ultra-low timing and intensity noise from mode-locked Yb-fiber lasers at close-to-zero intra-cavity dispersion
Author :
Kim, Chur ; Jung, Kwangyun ; Kim, Hyoji ; Song, Youjian ; Kim, Jungwon
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Opt. Sci. & Technol. & Sch. of Mech., Aerosp. & Syst. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea
fDate :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We demonstrate ultra-low timing and intensity noise from mode-locked Yb-fiber lasers. The measured rms timing jitter and relative intensity noise are 187 attoseconds and 0.057 %, respectively, integrated from 10 kHz to 40 MHz.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; optical dispersion; ytterbium; close-to-zero intra-cavity dispersion; frequency 10 kHz to 40 MHz; intensity noise; mode-locked fiber lasers; time 187 as; ultra-low timing; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser noise; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber dispersion; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193882
