Title :
Stable optically generated RF signals from a fibre mode-locked laser
Author :
Serafino, Giovanni ; Ghelfi, Paolo ; Villanueva, Guillermo E. ; Palací, Jesus ; Pérez-Millán, Pere ; Cruz, José L. ; Porzi, Claudio ; Bogoni, Antonella
Author_Institution :
Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Phase stability of RF signals obtained by two-mode filtering of a fibre mode-locked laser is analyzed. Time jitter is shown to be constant with selected mode spacing, confirming the scheme capability for generating stable RF signals up to extremely-high frequency.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser mode locking; laser modes; laser stability; microwave photonics; optical filters; timing jitter; RF signals; fibre laser; laser mode locking; laser stability; mode spacing; optically generated RF signals; phase stability; time jitter; two-mode filtering;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698824