Title :
Microwave generation with low residual phase noise from a femtosecond fiber laser with an intracavity EOM
Author :
Swann, W.C. ; Baumann, E. ; Giorgetta, F.R. ; Newbury, N.R.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
A femtosecond fiber laser with an intracavity electro-optic modulator is phase-locked to a high-finesse cavity through two cw transfer lasers. The residual phase noise at the 300 MHz harmonic is -126 dBc/Hz at 1 Hz.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; laser mode locking; laser noise; microwave generation; microwave photonics; phase noise; cw transfer lasers; femtosecond fiber laser; frequency 1 Hz; frequency 300 MHz; high-finesse cavity; intracavity EOM; intracavity electro-optic modulator; microwave generation; phase-locking; residual phase noise; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Masers; Optical fibers; Phase noise; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
