Title :
Two-branch Er:fiber laser emitting 11 fs tunable pulses with attosecond relative timing jitter
Author :
Sell, Alexander ; Adler, Florian ; Huber, Rupert ; Leitenstorfer, Alfred
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Konstanz, Konstanz
Abstract :
We present an Er:fiber laser generating two 11 fs pulse trains individually tunable between 1200 and 1300 nm. A relative timing jitter of 43 as is measured after frequency conversion and compression.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; optical pulse compression; timing jitter; JkJk:Er; attosecond relative timing jitter; femtosecond erbium-doped fiber lasers; frequency conversion; pulse compression; time 11 fs; tunable pulses; wavelength 1200 nm to 1300 nm; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency conversion; Optical mixing; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Timing jitter; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultrafast optics; (060.4370) Nonlinear optics, fibers; (120.5050) Phase measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
